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Ultrasound-Assisted Lumbar Puncture in Children

NCT03099642 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 166

Last updated 2019-04-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine if emergency physician performed ultrasound-assisted lumbar puncture improves first-time success rates in a pediatric population. This will be done by comparison with current landmark-based approach to the procedure.

Conditions

Interventions

RADIATION

ultrasound-assisted lumbar puncture

The ultrasound probe type will be selected by the treating pediatric emergency physician who has been trained according to standards outlined below. They will first identify the conus medullaris and make a horizontal marking with a sterile pen on the patient's back. Using a transverse view, they will then identify the midline of the patient's spine (using adjacent spinous processes) and will make 2 vertical skin markings on either side of the probe. Next, they will orient the probe in a longitudinal view to identify the desired vertebral interspace and will make 2 horizontal skin markings on either side of the probe at this level. Finally the 4 lines will be joined together at an intersection point, which will be the predetermined site for puncture attempt.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • St. Justine's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jocelyn Gravel, MD, MSc · Sainte-Justine Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-06-10
Primary Completion
2018-10-31
Completion
2018-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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