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Relationship between Evaluations of Tracheal Tube Position Using Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy in an Infant and Pediatric Population
Introduction: A non-radiographic technique to measure the location of the tracheal tube (TT) in children is of value given the risk of inappropriate TT placement along with concerns about radiation exposure. Airway point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has demonstrated utility in children, but the examin...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7355502/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32498387 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9061707 |
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author | Ramsingh, Davinder Ghazal, Elizabeth Gordon, Brent Ross, Philip Goltiao, Darren Alschuler, Matt Pugh, Justin Holsclaw, Matthew Mason, Linda |
author_facet | Ramsingh, Davinder Ghazal, Elizabeth Gordon, Brent Ross, Philip Goltiao, Darren Alschuler, Matt Pugh, Justin Holsclaw, Matthew Mason, Linda |
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description | Introduction: A non-radiographic technique to measure the location of the tracheal tube (TT) in children is of value given the risk of inappropriate TT placement along with concerns about radiation exposure. Airway point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has demonstrated utility in children, but the examinations vary by age and may require non-traditional techniques or utilize less common probes. This study evaluated the performance of measuring the tracheal location of the cuffed TT using a novel, linear probe-based POCUS examination over a wide age range of children. After adjusting for the subjects’ height and TT size, ultrasound measurements of the TT cuff location were compared with fluoroscopy measurements of the TT tip location. Methods: Perioperative pediatric patients (<10 years) requiring a cuffed TT were enrolled. After routine TT placement, ultrasound and fluoroscopy images were obtained. Measurements from the TT cuff to the cricoid cartilage were obtained from the POCUS examination. Chest fluoroscopy was reviewed to measure the TT’s distance from the carina. Both measurements were then compared after scaling for patient height. The duration of the ultrasound examination and image quality scores were also recorded. Results: Forty-one patients were enrolled, with a median age of 3 (25th/75th percentile: 1.50/7.00) years. The POCUS examination identified the TT cuff in all cases with the highest image quality score. The median POCUS exam time was 112 (25th/75th percentile: 80.00/156.00) seconds. There was a strong correlation between the POCUS measurements and the fluoroscopy measurements, r = −0.7575, 95% CI [−0.8638, −0.5866 ], p < 0.001). Conclusions: Our results demonstrate a strong correlation between POCUS TT localization measurements and traditional measurements via fluoroscopy. This study further supports the utility of POCUS for pediatric care. |
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spelling | pubmed-73555022020-07-23 Relationship between Evaluations of Tracheal Tube Position Using Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy in an Infant and Pediatric Population Ramsingh, Davinder Ghazal, Elizabeth Gordon, Brent Ross, Philip Goltiao, Darren Alschuler, Matt Pugh, Justin Holsclaw, Matthew Mason, Linda J Clin Med Article Introduction: A non-radiographic technique to measure the location of the tracheal tube (TT) in children is of value given the risk of inappropriate TT placement along with concerns about radiation exposure. Airway point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has demonstrated utility in children, but the examinations vary by age and may require non-traditional techniques or utilize less common probes. This study evaluated the performance of measuring the tracheal location of the cuffed TT using a novel, linear probe-based POCUS examination over a wide age range of children. After adjusting for the subjects’ height and TT size, ultrasound measurements of the TT cuff location were compared with fluoroscopy measurements of the TT tip location. Methods: Perioperative pediatric patients (<10 years) requiring a cuffed TT were enrolled. After routine TT placement, ultrasound and fluoroscopy images were obtained. Measurements from the TT cuff to the cricoid cartilage were obtained from the POCUS examination. Chest fluoroscopy was reviewed to measure the TT’s distance from the carina. Both measurements were then compared after scaling for patient height. The duration of the ultrasound examination and image quality scores were also recorded. Results: Forty-one patients were enrolled, with a median age of 3 (25th/75th percentile: 1.50/7.00) years. The POCUS examination identified the TT cuff in all cases with the highest image quality score. The median POCUS exam time was 112 (25th/75th percentile: 80.00/156.00) seconds. There was a strong correlation between the POCUS measurements and the fluoroscopy measurements, r = −0.7575, 95% CI [−0.8638, −0.5866 ], p < 0.001). Conclusions: Our results demonstrate a strong correlation between POCUS TT localization measurements and traditional measurements via fluoroscopy. This study further supports the utility of POCUS for pediatric care. MDPI 2020-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7355502/ /pubmed/32498387 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9061707 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ramsingh, Davinder Ghazal, Elizabeth Gordon, Brent Ross, Philip Goltiao, Darren Alschuler, Matt Pugh, Justin Holsclaw, Matthew Mason, Linda Relationship between Evaluations of Tracheal Tube Position Using Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy in an Infant and Pediatric Population |
title | Relationship between Evaluations of Tracheal Tube Position Using Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy in an Infant and Pediatric Population |
title_full | Relationship between Evaluations of Tracheal Tube Position Using Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy in an Infant and Pediatric Population |
title_fullStr | Relationship between Evaluations of Tracheal Tube Position Using Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy in an Infant and Pediatric Population |
title_full_unstemmed | Relationship between Evaluations of Tracheal Tube Position Using Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy in an Infant and Pediatric Population |
title_short | Relationship between Evaluations of Tracheal Tube Position Using Ultrasound and Fluoroscopy in an Infant and Pediatric Population |
title_sort | relationship between evaluations of tracheal tube position using ultrasound and fluoroscopy in an infant and pediatric population |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7355502/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32498387 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm9061707 |
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