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Evaluation of Gastric Contents by Ultrasound in Pediatric Trauma Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia
In Brief
An observational study evaluating Gastric Ultrasound for Trauma; Complications and Aspiration. Active but no longer recruiting, targeting 40 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Gastric ultrasound has become increasingly utilized to examine volume and quality of gastric contents in the preoperative setting to guide anesthetic management and relay risk of aspiration in both adult and pediatric medicine. Gastric fluid volumes in trauma patients are thought to be elevated due to delayed gastric emptying in the setting of an over-attenuated sympathetic response to physical pain and stress, opioid analgesia, and other associated injuries (traumatic brain). However, there is a paucity of literature examining gastric fluid volumes (GFV), measured by gastric ultrasound, in the pediatric trauma population. The purpose of the study is to assess whether preoperative gastric ultrasound is an accurate method to identify pediatric trauma patients who have elevated GFV (\>0.8mL/kg) and high-risk gastric contents (solids, complex liquids, in addition to large volumes).
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The investigators will compare gastric fluid volume as determined by ultrasound pre-induction vs. gastric volume aspirated via an orogastric tube post-intubation. The results will be stratified into low risk, moderate risk and high risk for aspiration based on ultrasound exam by an investigator off-line.