NCT01540318

Utility of Abdominal Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Children With Blunt Trauma

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 925 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Davis · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The major goal of this project is to conduct a randomized controlled trial studying an initial evaluation strategy with abdominal ultrasound versus a strategy without abdominal ultrasound for the evaluation of children with blunt abdominal trauma. The proposal's objectives are to compare the following variables in those that randomize to abdominal ultrasound versus those that do not: 1. rate of abdominal CT scanning 2. time to emergency department disposition 3. the rate of missed/delayed diagnosis of intra-abdominal injury 4. the costs.

Conditions

• Abdominal Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Abdominal Ultrasound (FAST examination)	Use of FAST abdominal ultrasound exam

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-02-01
• Primary completion: 2016-01-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2012-02-28
• Last updated: 2019-01-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States