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Enrolling by invitation NCT04130022

Premedication Gastric Ultrasound

No phase Interventional Surgery

For patients and families

In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Point-of-Care Ultrasound.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Surgery. Basic parameters: 0 years — 18 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
United States
Next step
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Official title

Ultrasound Assessment of Gastric Volume After Drinking Premedication: A Prospective Descriptive Study

Overview

The primary objective of this study is to assess gastric volume in fasted children using ultrasound before and after drinking premedication. The hypothesis is that the qualitative and quantitative assessment by gastric ultrasound in the stomach before and after drinking premedication will be the same as premedication has a small volume.

Interventions

  • Device Point-of-Care Ultrasound
    Portable ultrasonography done at the bedside.

Primary outcome measures

  • Change of Qualitative and Quantitative Gastric Assessment After Premedication [Time frame: Ultrasound scan performed at baseline (before surgery) to measure gastric volume and 3 minutes after taking premedication to assess change.]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • ASA 1-2 patients aged 0-18 years of scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients who are not adhere to institutional fasting guidelines.

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
N/A
Model
Single group
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Diagnostic

Study locations

United States · 1 center
  • Nationwide Children's Hospital — Columbus

Identifiers

NCT: NCT04130022 · STUDY00000586

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗