Brain Blood Flow Monitoring in Critically Ill Children
Part of Brain & nervous system, Heart & circulation, Injuries & trauma, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study measures how well blood flows to your child's brain while they're in the intensive care unit on a breathing machine. Understanding this flow may help doctors better care for critically ill children.
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Who can take part
- Your child must be between 1 day and 17.5 years old
- Your child must be on a mechanical ventilator (breathing machine with a tube in the windpipe)
- Your child must have an arterial catheter (a small tube in an artery to monitor blood pressure)
- Your child must be a current patient in the American Family Children's Hospital PICU
- You must have an English-speaking parent or legal guardian able to give consent
- Your child cannot have a tracheostomy (permanent opening in the windpipe for breathing)
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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