Does VExUS ultrasound help in fluid management in ICU?
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: R00-R99- Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/09/057208
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS, Bhubaneswar
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
adults >18 years admitted in SICU/CICU/HDU.
patients requiring aggressive fluid resuscitation in 24 hours .
expected ICU stay > 48 hours
Inferior vena cava diameter > 2 cm at any point of ICU stay after 24 to 48 hours post admission.
Exclusion Criteria
refusal to give consent
known cases of cirrhosis with portal hypertension and IVC thrombus.
pregnant
inadequate acoustic window
prediction of ICU stay less than 48 hours in ICU/HDU
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the cumulative fluid balance on day 4 of recruitment between the intervention group & control group ( measured in ml, expressed as mean with SD)Timepoint: day 4 of recruitment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method cumulative fluid balance on days 3 & 5 of recruitment <br/ ><br>organ failure indices -p/f ratio, serum creatinine, Delta SOFA score <br/ ><br>duration of mechanical ventilation in hours <br/ ><br>length of ventilation in hours <br/ ><br>incidence of new onset hypernatremia and metabolic alkalosis <br/ ><br>mortality at ICU/wardTimepoint: day 3 & day 5 post recruitment