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Routine Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Assessment of Antral Gastric Contents in Traumatic Surgical Patients for Prevention of Aspiration Pneumonitis

Egypt50 participantsStarted 2019-09-01

Plain-language summary

Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents is uncommon in the elective, surgical populations, but highly prevalent in trauma patients who requires emergency surgery as trauma impair gastric motility and emptying.1 Presence of residual gastric volume at the time of anesthetic induction is an important risk of aspiration pneumonitis.2 Routine use of non-invasive bedside ultrasound gives information about the volume and nature of gastric volume. Determination of gastric content volume preoperatively will help the anesthetist in the assessment of pulmonary aspiration risk 3, 4 Ultrasongraphic measurment of antral CSA (cross sectional area) can diagnose risk stomach during the preoperative period defined by a gastric volume at risk of pulmonary aspiration (ie presence of Solid particles and/or gastric volume \>1.5 ml/kg)5 The aim of our study is to allow routine use of point of care ultrasound (pocus) of gastric contents in order to inform an assessment of aspiration risk and guide anesthetic mangment

Who can participate

Age range

18 Years – 65 Years

Sex

ALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * polytrauma patients admitted for emergency surgery. Exclusion Criteria: * patients with obesity (BMI\> 35kg/m2), * pregnancy, * a history of upper gastrointestinal diseases including gastroesophageal reflux disease, hiatus hernia, gastroeosphgeal cancer or upper GIT surgery.

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What they're measuring

gastric content

Timeframe: 6 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04083677

SponsorAin Shams University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2019-10-01

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