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Gastric Ultrasound in Pediatric Trauma Patients

NCT05330351 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2026-02-20

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Summary

Gastric ultrasound has become increasingly utilized to examine volume and quality of gastric contents in the preoperative setting to guide anesthetic management and relay risk of aspiration in both adult and pediatric medicine. Gastric fluid volumes in trauma patients are thought to be elevated due to delayed gastric emptying in the setting of an over-attenuated sympathetic response to physical pain and stress, opioid analgesia, and other associated injuries (traumatic brain). However, there is a paucity of literature examining gastric fluid volumes (GFV), measured by gastric ultrasound, in the pediatric trauma population. The purpose of the study is to assess whether preoperative gastric ultrasound is an accurate method to identify pediatric trauma patients who have elevated GFV (\>0.8mL/kg) and high-risk gastric contents (solids, complex liquids, in addition to large volumes).

Conditions

  • Trauma; Complications
  • Aspiration

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Gastric Ultrasound

The investigators will compare gastric fluid volume as determined by ultrasound pre-induction vs. gastric volume aspirated via an orogastric tube post-intubation. The results will be stratified into low risk, moderate risk and high risk for aspiration based on ultrasound exam by an investigator off-line.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Elaina Lin, MD · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Eligibility

Min Age
0 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-03-26
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • United States

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