Paediatric anaesthesia & critical care
Continuous Respiratory Oscillometry in Pediatric Laparoscopic Surgery—The COMET Study
Authors' conclusion
This study has demonstrated that it is both feasible and acceptable to continuously measure respiratory mechanics in pediatric patients
Study context
- Population
- Children aged 2–16 years undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy, excluding known difficult airways, thoracic malformations and severe cardiopulmonary disease; tertiary pediatric centre, Western Australia99 analysed
- Participants
- 100 children
- Outcome
- Feasibility of continuous tracking of respiratory mechanics (reactance Xrs, resistance Rrs) by respiratory oscillometry
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Feasibility
Recruitment rate (patient acceptance)
65%
Acceptable, usable and reproducible data from recruited patients
80%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Continuous Respiratory Oscillometry in Pediatric Laparoscopic Surgery—The COMET Study. Paediatr Anaesth. Published 12 September 2026. doi:10.
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