Gastric Emptying Time in Traumatic Injuries

Recruiting

• Conditions: Anesthesia; Gastric Ultrasound; Sonography; Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS); Regurgitation; Pulmonary Aspiration During Anesthetic Induction; Trauma Patients

• Registration Number: NCT06643325
• Lead Sponsor: Kantonsspital Winterthur KSW

Brief Summary

The investigators plan to do serial sonographic examinations of the gastric antrum (quantity, quality) to estimate the gastric emptying time and dependant factors after traumatic injurys.

Detailed Description

The investigators plan to do serial sonographic examinations of the gastric antrum (quantity, quality) in patients suffering from a relevant traumatic injury. Patients which are admitted to the emergency department with a corresponding history are considered for inclusion. Patient with life-threatening injuries are excluded. After inclusion, the investigators plan to carry out gastric ultrasound (POCUS) all 2 hours until the operative treatment (maximal 5 examinations). To identify factors which may be correlated with delayed gastric emptying several demographic and patient related factors are collected.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-02-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-04-03
• Status Verified: 2024-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-10-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-10-14
• Study First Posted: 2024-10-16
• Last Update Posted: 2024-10-16
• Primary Completion: 2025-06-30
• Study Completion: 2025-09-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• relevant traumatic injury

Exclusion Criteria

• life-threatening traumatic injury (immediate treatment is necessary)
• Underage
• Known pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sonographic quality/quantity of the gastric antrum	2 hour	Quality of the gastric content (empty, fluid, solid or mixed fluid/solid) and quantity of the gastric content in ml, measured in 2 hour time intervals

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain-scale	2 hour	Evaluate pain using the VAS Scale 0-10 (Visual Analog Scale)
Analgetics	2 hour	Evaluate need of analgetics
Stress, activation of sympathic nerve system	2 hour	Evaluate stress on a VAS 0-10 (Visual Analog Scale)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kantonsspital Winterthur; 🇨🇭 Winterthur, Switzerland