The Use of Ultrasound in Nasogastric Tube Placement in Children Admitted to the Pediatric ICU
Not Applicable
Withdrawn
- Conditions
- Nasogastric Tube
- Interventions
- Diagnostic Test: Ultrasound following X-ray
- Registration Number
- NCT04104295
- Lead Sponsor
- Yale University
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if ultrasound (US), when used by the clinician, can determine the presence of nasogastric tube (NGT) in the stomach of patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
- Detailed Description
Currently, the standard of care is to routinely obtain an X-ray (XR) after every nasogastric tube (NGT) placement in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). After obtaining informed consent and the child's assent, a short (less than 10 minutes) ultrasound (US) scan of the abdomen within 2 hours of the routine XR.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
- PICU patient undergoing routine NGT insertion by nursing staff
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Exclusion Criteria
- Any contraindication for US probe placement such as skin infection and abdominal wounds.
- Hemodynamically unstable patients.
- Patients for whom NGT placement will not be verified by XR, such as Ataxia Telangiectasia patients.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Ultrasound following X-ray Ultrasound following X-ray An ultrasound scan of the abdomen within 2 hours of the routine X-ray will be performed by a physician blinded to the X-ray results.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Correct placement of NG tube Up to 10 minutes The operational definition will be the number of correct identification of NG tube position using ultrasound, as compared to the official X-ray read.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method