NCT05757882

Reducing Fasting Time in Children for Sedation

Comparison of Gastric Ultrasound for Reduction of Fasting Time in Children for Sedation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Eunah Cho, MD · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients are asked to be fasted for certain period of time before sedation to reduce the risk of pulmonary aspiration. However, fasting can be harmful, especially in children who has smaller reserves of energy and fluids compared to the adults. Prolonged fasting may increase nausea, vomiting, dehydration, and hypoglycemia. Therefore, it is important to minimize prolonged fasting time in pediatric patients. This study is aimed to investigate the safety of minimal fasting time (2 hours) compared to the standard fasting time (4 hours) with gastric ultrasound.

Conditions

• Pediatric ALL

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	4 hours of fasting time	Oral intake is not allowed for 4 hours before sedation including water.
OTHER	2 hours of fasting time	Oral intake is not allowed for 2 hours before sedation including water.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-05-25
• Primary completion: 2023-08-07
• Completion: 2023-08-07
• First posted: 2023-03-07
• Last updated: 2023-09-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea