DIAGNOSTIC CONTRIBUTION OF EARLY ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND IN THE SITUATION OF ACUTE ABDOMEN OF PREMATURE
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In plain language
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Abdominal Ultrasound.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Acute Abdomen in Children. Basic parameters: up to 36 Weeks · 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
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
This study will assess the diagnostic contribution of early abdominal ultrasound for acute abdomen in premature newborns. Early ultrasound assessment would provide diagnostic assistance, in conjunction with clinical examination and biological testing, in the three main clinical situations encountered with an acute abdomen in premature infants: enterocolitis (digestive translocation of a bacterium secondary to inflammation, local fragility of the digestive tract, associated ischemic phenomena), reflex ileus (decrease in intestinal peristalsis secondary to peritoneal reactivity following inflammatory phenomena) and digestive immaturity (expressed by bloating, regurgitation, absence of spontaneous transit, related to the degree of prematurity).
Interventions
- Procedure Abdominal Ultrasound
Abdominal Ultrasound
Primary outcome measures
- Presence or absence of echographic signs [Time frame: Day 5]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
Premature under 37 weeks of amenorrhea with an adverse event of special interest such as :
- altered abdomen with bloating or presence of previsouly unknow marked collateral circulation,
- absence of spontaneous transit (> 48 hours),
- episode of rectal bleeding,
- repeated regurgitation/vomiting (during more than 50% of feedings),
- prolonged fasting (>12 hours), OR
- increase in cardiorespiratory events on continuous monitoring associated with one of the elements listed above.
Exclusion criteria
- organic malformation detected during prenatal monitoring or discovered in the immediate postnatal period,
- chromosomal abnormality detected during prenatal monitoring or discovered in the immediate postnatal period,- spontaneous perforation occurring during the first week of life.
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
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07275268 · 2025/979