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Evaluation of Antral Ultrasonography for Full Stomach Diagnosis Before Pediatric Surgical Emergencies

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02936882
Enrollment
50
Registered
2016-10-18
Start date
2016-03-31
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2016-10-18

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

Conditions

Full Stomach Status, Gastric Content

Keywords

ultrasonography, aspiration, emergency, children, antrum

Brief summary

This study evaluates antral ultrasonography for the diagnosis of full stomach before surgical emergencies in pediatric population. Preoperative ultrasonographic antral evaluation is compared to peroperative gastric aspirate with nasogastric tube.

Interventions

PROCEDUREPreoperative gastric ultrasonography

Before surgical emergency procedure, a preoperative antral ultrasonography is performed to assess gastric content.

Sponsors

Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
3 Years to 15 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Surgical emergency procedure * ASA I-II

Exclusion criteria

* Ultrasound antrum assessment not possible * No nasogastric tube during surgery * Vital emergency * Patient from Critical Care Ward * Time between ultrasound assessment and gastric content collecting up to 20min * Child and/or Parents doesn't/don't want to participate in the study * Personal medical history of gastric or oesophagus desease

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Volume of gastric content aspirated throw nasogastric tube20 min

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
relationship between peroperative gastric content and ultrasonographic antrum assessment20 min
Time to perform antral ultrasonography20 min
Quality of image obtained during antral ultrasonography20 min
Grades as described by Perlas et al. for ultrasonographic qualitative evaluation of gastric content20 min
Number of participants with exploitable antral ultrasonography20 min
Reasons for antral ultrasonography failure20 min
Child behaviour during antral ultrasonography20 min

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026