The purpose of this study is to gather information to help doctors understand how Covid-19 affects the lungs in children.
Diagnostic Test: Transpulmonary pressure measurements
Transpulmonary pressure measurements
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients 0-17 years of age, 10 kg or greater, with suspected or confirmed Covid-19
respiratory failure requiring endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation
admitted to Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary's Campus Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients <10 kg
- Patients with pre-existing chronic mechanical ventilation (chronic respiratory
failure)
- Patients with known esophageal disease (strictures, known esophageal anatomic
abnormalities)
- Patients with severe coagulopathy (for which placement of esophageal balloon or other
gastric tube via nose or mouth is contraindicated)
- Patients who are pregnant (as determined by standard pregnancy testing criteria for
Pediatric ICU admission).
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905
Investigator: Stephen Gleich, M.D.
Contact: 507-255-9814
Stephen J Gleich, MD, Principal Investigator
Mayo Clinic