At a glance
ClinicalIndex Comparison Record- ✓Female patients aged 8-18 years
- ✓Likely to have transabdominal pelvic or ovarian ultrasound ordered
- ✓No prior pelvic or bladder reconstructive surgery
- ✕Known pregnancy
- ✕Critically ill patients
- ✕Known renal or genitourinary structural abnormalities
- ✕Chronic renal disease
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BULLET: Bladder Ultrasound Limits Length (of Time), Expedites Treatment
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Bladder Ultrasound and Standard of Care for Point-of-Care Bladder Ultrasound and Urethral Catheter. Completed, enrolled 45 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
In this study patients presenting to the pediatric ER with abdominal or pelvic complaints will be randomized to urethral bladder catheter or bladder ultrasound to compare time to completion of successful pelvic ultrasound, as determined by full visualization of uterus and ovaries.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Bladder fullness will be assessed upon enrollment and if not full, the patient will receive hydration, determined by treating physician, and the bladder ultrasound will be repeated every 30 minutes until the patient states that the bladder is "full," or until bladder is deemed full based on a previously validated bladder fullness qualitative scale, at which point patients in this group will proceed to undergo pelvic ultrasound.
Per institution protocol, patients in the standard of care group will have urethral (bladder) catheter placed immediately after the order for pelvic ultrasound and will undergo retrograde bladder filling as determined by the radiologist/ultrasonographer to the point necessary to fully visualize pelvic structures.