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Feasibility of ultrasound of a muscle in the temple of the head as a method of assessing weakening of muscle in ICU patients

Feasibility of anterior temporalis muscle ultrasound as a method to assess muscle wasting in Intensive Care Unit

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2018/09/015827
Enrollment
47
Registered
2018-09-25
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: A419- Sepsis, unspecified organism

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Dr Anirban Bhattacharjee
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adult (age more than 18 years) medical or surgical patients with sepsis admitted in our ICU and expected to stay in ICU for seven days will be included in our study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Failure to obtain consent 2. Death or discharge within 7 days 3. Paraparesis, quadriparesis or primary systemic neuromuscular disease at presentation 4. Deep venous thrombosis

Design outcomes

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
To study the correlation of percentage reduction in muscle layer thickness of anterior temporalis muscle with ICU length of stayTimepoint: ICU- length of stay—

Primary

MeasureTime frame
To study the correlation between muscle layer thickness and echogenicity and the change in muscle layer thickness of quadriceps muscle and anterior temporalis muscle.Timepoint: on Day 1,3,5,7 and discharge—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactAnirban Bhattacharjee

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

rahulanand00@gmail.com9013082271

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026