Covid19
Conditions
Brief summary
In children with Covid-19, the diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease (KD) and pneumonia should be made very quickly. However, the regional hospitals surrounding Paris don't have the required expertise. The use of MELODY allows the paediatric team to quickly carry out the necessary examinations while avoiding the movement of patients and the risk of contamination. The MELODY remote system developed by the company AdEchoTech is a CE marking telemedicine technique, allowing an expert to perform an ultrasound scan on a distant patient (several hundred/thousands of kms). The Melody system makes it possible to optimize ultrasound expertise resources wherever they are located (all specialties combined) The feasibility of the clinical use of telerobotic sonography has been demonstrated in adults for abdominal, cardiac and prenatal exam. Thus, the aim of this study is to assess the feasibility of this system in children.
Interventions
DEVICEUltrasound using the telerobotic Melody system
The children will first have a telerobotic ultrasound abdominal, pulmonary or cardiac followed by a classical ultrasound.
Sponsors
ADECHOTECH
Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Creteil
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Children will be initially scanned with a telerobotic ultrasound system. Within 3 hours after the telerobotic examination, patients will be scanned by a different sonographer with similar experience and qualifications using the conventional ultrasound, who will be blinded to the findings of the telerobotic examination.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Years to 10 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patient from 1 year to 10 years * Patient requiring an ultrasound exam (thoracic, abdominal or cardiac) * French social security affiliation
Exclusion criteria
* Obesity defined by a BMI greater than 30 * Open wound making it impossible to carry out an ultrasound scan * Algetic patient * Instability of vital functions * Impossible to remain in a seated position * Refusal to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of normal and abnormal standard and telerobotic ultrasound examinations | 1 day | Number of normal and abnormal examination conclusion for telerobotic and conventional ultrasound examinations |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Age of participants | At baseline | Age of patients with telerobotic ultrasound |
| Number of anomalies found | Up to 4 hours | Conventional and telerobotic ultrasound examinations results |
| Parent satisfaction | Up to 4 hours | Parent satisfaction questioner for the telerobotic examination using a 5-point Liekert scale from 1: strongly disagree to 5: strongly agree |
| Medical assistant satisfaction | Up to 4 hours | Medical assistant satisfaction questioner for the telerobotic examination using a 5-point Liekert scale from 1: strongly disagree to 5: strongly agree |
| Sonographer satisfaction | Up to 4 hours | Sonographer satisfaction questioner for the telerobotic examination using a 5-point Liekert scale from 1: strongly disagree to 5: strongly agree |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed