Rationale: Gastric ultrasound is a quick and non-invasive tool to evaluate gastric content. Emptying of gastric content can be affected after abdominal surgery leading to the inability of tolerating oral foods. Gastric content can be assessed by gastric ultrasound and nurses were recently trained to do so in healthy volunteers; however, feasibility of nurse-performed gastric ultrasound after major abdominal surgery is not investigated yet. Objective: To investigate the feasibility of nu

Rationale: Gastric ultrasound is a quick and non-invasive tool to evaluate gastric content. Emptying of gastric content can be affected after abdominal surgery leading to the inability of tolerating oral foods. Gastric content can be assessed by gastric ultrasound and nurses were recently trained to do so in healthy volunteers; however, feasibility of nurse-performed gastric ultrasound after major abdominal surgery is not investigated yet. Objective: To investigate the feasibility of nu - Feasibility of nurse-performed gastric ultrasound after surgery

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON57069

Enrollment

Registered

2024-10-21

Start date

2024-10-24

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-08-18

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Conditions

Gastric content

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • Adult patients (>18 years) • Underwent gastrointestinal surgery: o partial liver resection, o colorectal resection, o HIPEC, o Whipple procedures for pancreatic cancer or pancreatic disorders, o other gastro- intestinal abdominal procedures such as resections of sarcomas, correction of herniation. • Obtained written informed consent. • Admitted for at least 3 days.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: A potential patients who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: • patients with open abdominal wounds or with abdominal pain hindering adequate gastric ultrasound. • patients with a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy catheter

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome is feasibility of gastric ultrasound. Feasibility is defined as the acceptability, usability, demand, practicality, and integration of gastric ultrasound. Acceptability will be measured by the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability-based (TFA) questionnaire and nurses* confidence and by the patients* perspective towards undergoing gastric ultrasound during recovery after surgery. The Dutch-System Usability Scale will be used to assess usability. Demand will be measured by indications for gastric ultrasound and the change for successful image acquisition. Practicality of gastric ultrasound will be measured by the length in minutes. The integration of gastric ultrasound will be explored in a focus group with nurses. Nurses will perform gastric ultrasound routinely during their shifts at standardized time points: in the morning at 11-12AM, or in the evening at 7-8PM and following clinical signs of the patients regarding hampered gastrointestinal recovery. Gastric ultrasound can be performed from the day after surgery until the day of discharge.	—

Measure

Time frame

The primary outcome is feasibility of gastric ultrasound. Feasibility is defined as the acceptability, usability, demand, practicality, and integration of gastric ultrasound. Acceptability will be measured by the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability-based (TFA) questionnaire and nurses* confidence and by the patients* perspective towards undergoing gastric ultrasound during recovery after surgery. The Dutch-System Usability Scale will be used to assess usability. Demand will be measured by indications for gastric ultrasound and the change for successful image acquisition. Practicality of gastric ultrasound will be measured by the length in minutes. The integration of gastric ultrasound will be explored in a focus group with nurses. Nurses will perform gastric ultrasound routinely during their shifts at standardized time points: in the morning at 11-12AM, or in the evening at 7-8PM and following clinical signs of the patients regarding hampered gastrointestinal recovery. Gastric ultrasound can be performed from the day after surgery until the day of discharge.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcome is the association of gastric residual content assessed with gastric ultrasound with the extent of recovery of gastro-intestinal functions.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results