NCT02907957

Infrared Thermography for Assessment of Caudal Block in Children

A Clinical Evaluation Of Infrared Thermography To Assess Successful Caudal Block In Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 14 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Months – 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Regional analgesia via caudal neuraxial blockade provides pain relief for pediatric patients following urological and lower extremity procedures. The injection of local anesthetic into the caudal epidural space causes a sensory loss. This sympathetic blockade in turn causes a vasodilation, or increased blood flow, to the lower extremities. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the FLIR ONE thermographic camera, a smartphone attachment which utilizes an application ("app") to measure the temperature at a site on an image of the lower extremity, will be able to differentiate between caudal, non-caudal, and failed caudal images.

Conditions

• Anesthesia, Conduction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	FLIR ONE	Thermographic assessment of the lower extremities is obtained using the FLIR ONE smartphone camera and software.
PROCEDURE	Regional Anesthesia - Caudal Nerve Block	Nerve block placement as a pain management strategy indicated for certain urological and lower extremity surgeries.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-09-01
• Primary completion: 2018-06-01
• Completion: 2018-06-28
• First posted: 2016-09-20
• Last updated: 2019-08-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States