NCT06183515

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Pediatric Patients With Subglottic Stenosis Who Undergo Balloon Dilatation

The Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Application on Airway Problems in Pediatric Patients With Subglottic Stenosis Who Undergo Balloon Dilatation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 81 (actual)
• Sponsor: Umraniye Education and Research Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 144 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) acts as a 'pressure' bridge between spontaneous breathing and controlled mechanical ventilation. As a result, there is an increasing trend in the prophylactic use of nasal CPAP in pediatric patients following high-risk airway procedures to reduce postoperative airway complications. Still, there is no study published on the prophylactic use of balloon dilatation in children with tracheal stenosis.The study hypothesizes that implementing postoperative prophylactic CPAP in pediatric cases with subglottic stenosis undergoing balloon dilation may shorten recovery time and minimize airway complications.

Detailed description

Acquired pediatric subglottic stenosis is reported to have a prevalence of 1-2% . This rate reaches 8.3% in different case series. Acquired pediatric subglottic stenosis is commonly attributed to prolonged intubation, whereas the etiology also involves a history of traumatic or difficult airway. Balloon dilation laryngoplasty is an efficient and safe technique for treating primary and secondary acquired laryngotracheal stenosis. It is successfully applied in these children. Airway surgery typically necessitates a deeper level of anesthesia to control airway reflexes and manage the fluctuations in hemodynamic parameters, which are characteristic of this surgery. Nevertheless, general anesthesia must be applied several times to patients due to the need for multiple balloon dilatations. At the same time, the procedure also necessitates coping with postoperative complications that may arise. Because alveolar collapse, which is related to general anesthesia, impairs gas exchange by creating a shunt effect, potentially increasing perioperative hypoxemic episodes, which in turn increases the risk for postoperative pulmonary complications. A recent retrospective analysis found that 40.6% of children who underwent balloon dilation experienced desaturation. Additionally, tracheotomy was required in 15.6% of cases, with an equal percentage needing tracheal intubation. Prophylactic CPAP in pediatric cases has been shown to improve oxygenation by reducing the alveolar-arterial oxygen difference after pediatric laparoscopic surgery. However, it has been proven that CPAP applied after pediatric cardiac surgery has favorable effects on peak expiratory flow.

Conditions

• Airway Complication of Anesthesia
• Congenital Subglottic Stenosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	CPAP group: postoperative CPAP support, non-CPAP group: oxygen 3 liters per minute (L/min) either via mask for those who were extubated or through a T-piece for those with a trash	The effect of CPAP was prevent atelectasis after apnoeic ventilation during the procedure and to reduce post-procedural airway problems.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-01
• Primary completion: 2022-10-30
• Completion: 2023-06-30
• First posted: 2023-12-27
• Last updated: 2025-11-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)