Gastric Emptying Time in Traumatic Injuries

Gastric Point-of-care Sonography with Focus on Gastric Emptying Time in Patients with Traumatic Injuries. a Prospective Observational Study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06643325

Enrollment

200

Registered

2024-10-16

Start date

2023-02-01

Completion date

2025-09-30

Last updated

2024-10-16

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Conditions

Anesthesia, Gastric Ultrasound, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), Pulmonary Aspiration During Anesthetic Induction, Regurgitation, Sonography, Trauma Patients

Keywords

point of care ultrasound, gastric ultrasound, trauma patients, aspiration, anesthesia

Brief summary

The investigators plan to do serial sonographic examinations of the gastric antrum (quantity, quality) to estimate the gastric emptying time and dependant factors after traumatic injurys.

Detailed description

The investigators plan to do serial sonographic examinations of the gastric antrum (quantity, quality) in patients suffering from a relevant traumatic injury. Patients which are admitted to the emergency department with a corresponding history are considered for inclusion. Patient with life-threatening injuries are excluded. After inclusion, the investigators plan to carry out gastric ultrasound (POCUS) all 2 hours until the operative treatment (maximal 5 examinations). To identify factors which may be correlated with delayed gastric emptying several demographic and patient related factors are collected.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTGastric ultrasound

Serial, gastric sonography

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* relevant traumatic injury

Exclusion criteria

* life-threatening traumatic injury (immediate treatment is necessary) * Underage * Known pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Sonographic quality/quantity of the gastric antrum	2 hour	Quality of the gastric content (empty, fluid, solid or mixed fluid/solid) and quantity of the gastric content in ml, measured in 2 hour time intervals

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pain-scale	2 hour	Evaluate pain using the VAS Scale 0-10 (Visual Analog Scale)
Analgetics	2 hour	Evaluate need of analgetics
Stress, activation of sympathic nerve system	2 hour	Evaluate stress on a VAS 0-10 (Visual Analog Scale)

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

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