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Premedication Gastric Ultrasound

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Surgery
Interventions
Device: Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Registration Number
NCT04130022
Lead Sponsor
Alok Moharir
Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
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.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Fasted ChildrenPoint-of-Care Ultrasound-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change of Qualitative and Quantitative Gastric Assessment After PremedicationUltrasound scan performed at baseline (before surgery) to measure gastric volume and 3 minutes after taking premedication to assess change.

Gastric volume in fasted children before and after drinking premedication. Gastric volume in pediatric patients is estimated by the model: GV= -7.8 + (3.5× RLD CSA) + (0.127) × age (months).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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