Detecting Vocal Fold Motion Impairment with Ultrasound
This observational study is looking at how well a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can detect vocal fold motion impairment (VFMI) in children. VFMI is when your vocal cords don't move properly, which can happen after certain surgeries. The study will use POCUS to look at your vocal cords while you are on a breathing machine (noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, or NIV PPV) and again after you are off it. Researchers will compare these ultrasound results to a standard test called fiberoptic nasolaryngoscopy (FNL) to see if POCUS can reliably find VFMI in children on NIV PPV. The study aims to enroll 50 children aged 1 day to 18 years who are scheduled for an FNL to check for VFMI after specific surgeries.
- Study design
- This is an observational study aiming to enroll 50 participants. It is not specified if it is randomized or blinded.
- What's involved
- You would have two ultrasounds of your voice box (larynx): one while on a breathing machine and another after it's removed.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- The main outcome (VFMI) will be measured at 2 years.
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Detection of Vocal Fold Motion Impairment on Noninvasive Positive Pressure
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Where it's being run
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What this trial measures
- VFMI2 years
Our primary outcome measure will be the detection of vocal fold motion impairment on patients as detected by laryngeal point-of-care ultrasound while on NIV PPV.