Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) to Guide and Confirm Epidural Catheters in Pediatric Patients
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Brief summary
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The aim of this study is to assess whether transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) can be used to successfully guide an epidural catheter to a targeted thoracic level in pediatric patients. The catheter will be placed in the epidural space under real-time TEE imaging and assistance by a trained TEE operator (this could include an anesthesiologist or cardiologist).
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02415998
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 25 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- Up to 18 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 30, 2012
- Primary completion
- Sep 22, 2017
- Completion
- Sep 22, 2017
- Last update posted
- May 27, 2020
2012 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Iowa Hosptials and Clinics | Iowa City | Iowa | 52242 | — |
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- Last update posted May 27, 2020 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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