COMPARISON OF STOMACH CONTENTS IN DIABETIC AND NORMAL PATIENTS USING ULTRASOUND
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES MELLITUS (ON TREATMENT) UNDERGOING ELECTIVE SURGERYHealth Condition 2: E119- Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complications
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/08/006129
- Lead Sponsor
- POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
•Study group - Patients with diagnosed type 1 or type 2 DM on either oral hypoglycaemics or insulin therapy
•Control group - Non-diabetic patients with fasting blood sugar (FBS) levels of less than 100 mg/dl or random blood sugar (RBS) levels of less than 140 mg/dl.
For both groups, the standard inclusion criteria will be :
•Age more than 18 years.
•ASA grade I-III.
•Patients posted for elective surgery before noon.
•Patients on medication for upper GIT symptoms.
•Patients having hypothyroidism or connective tissue disease affecting GIT motility.
•Patients with smoking history.
•Patients on anti-depressant medication.
•Previous oesophageal or abdominal surgery leading to impaired GIT function.
•Patients having impaired fasting glucose or RBS levels between 140-199 mg/dl (pre-diabetes).
•Morbidly obese patients with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 40.
•Pregnant females.
.patients with nasogstric tube in situ
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary aim of the study is to compare the fasting gastric contents and volume using ultrasound in diabetic and non-diabetic patients undergoing elective surgery under general or regional anaesthesiaTimepoint: Patients taken up for surgery before noon prior to provision of anaesthesia .
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary aim is to validate the use of ultrasound as a non invasive bedside method to assess the gastric fluid volume.Timepoint: Patients taken up for surgery before noon prior to provision of anaesthesia.