NCT07444528

Upper Airway Ultrasound to Predict Difficult Laryngoscopy in Neonates and Infants

Enrolling by Invitation
Not specifiedAll AgesObservational
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
~180 participants
Updated 2026-03-04 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Upper airway ultrasound

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Recruiting sites
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What they're measuring
Percentage of Glottic Opening (POGO) score
Measured over From enrollment to the end of successful tracheal intubation, approximately 30 minutes.
Neonates
Infants Aged 0 Days to 12 Months Scheduled for Elective Surgery
1 sites across 1 states
Pennsylvania1
  • Elizabeth M O'Brien, MD, MAS · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Neonates (chronological age 30 days) and infants (31 days to 365 days)
ASA physical status I-IV
Oral endotracheal intubation for surgical, diagnostic or interventional procedures with neuromuscular blockade
Video laryngoscopy
Patients with previously classified non-difficult airway (previous easy intubation)
Patients with a previously classified difficult airway
Patients with congenital heart disease
Parental/guardian permission

Exclusion

ASA ≥V
Emergency procedure
Unable to be placed in supine position for study ultrasound
Need for rapid sequence induction
  • Percentage of Glottic Opening (POGO) scoreFrom enrollment to the end of successful tracheal intubation, approximately 30 minutes.

    (0-25%; \>25-50%; \>50-75%; \>75-100%). Lower POGO scores correlate with a worse view of the glottic opening (Cormack-Lehane III-IV) and difficult laryngoscopy.