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Intravenous Fluid Administration's Effect on Pediatric Lumbar Puncture

NCT05302765 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 182

Last updated 2025-08-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this project is to determine if administration of normal saline intravenous fluids prior to a lumbar puncture improves first time success of lumbar puncture in infants less than 3 months of age. First time success of lumbar puncture defined as cerebrospinal fluid obtained on the first attempt with less than 1000 red blood cells per mm3 in the fluid specimen.

Conditions

  • Pediatric Lumbar Puncture

Interventions

OTHER

Normal Saline Intravenous Fluids

Administration of normal saline intravenous fluids (20 milliliters/kilogram).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
0 Months
Max Age
3 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-11-22
Primary Completion
2025-05-31
Completion
2025-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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