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WithdrawnNCT04104295

The Use of Ultrasound in Nasogastric Tube Placement in Children Admitted to the Pediatric ICU

The Use of Ultrasound to Determine Correct Nasogastric Tube Placement in Children Admitted to the Pediatric ICU: a Pilot Study

Status
Withdrawn
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0 (actual)
Sponsor
Yale University · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
0 Years – 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

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.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTUltrasound following X-rayA short (less than 10 minutes) ultrasound (US) scan of the abdomen within 2 hours of the routine X-ray (XR). The performer will be a physician who received a focused training on relevant US views, blinded to the XR image and report.

Timeline

Start date
2020-03-24
Primary completion
2020-09-30
Completion
2021-01-31
First posted
2019-09-26
Last updated
2021-04-20

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04104295. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.