CompletedNot Applicable

Assessing Gastric Motility and Distention in Postoperative Gastrointestinal Surgery Using Bedside Gastric Ultrasound: Predicting Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia, Ileus, Return of Bowel Function

United States22 participantsStarted 2021-02-12

Plain-language summary

Point-of-care gastric ultrasound will be used to measure stomach contents postoperative in patients who underwent colorectal surgery. Stomach volume and status (empty or full) will be compared retrospectively to the standard clinical criteria for diet advancement to determine if stomach volume via ultrasound is associated with successful diet advancement, nausea/vomiting, nasogastric tube replacement, length of stay, and other clinical outcomes. Clinicians performing clinical care will be blinded to the ultrasound exam results.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged \> 18 years of age * Patients undergoing colorectal surgery (both cancer and non-cancer) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients \< 18 years of age * Patients with previous gastric surgery * Patients with difficult or poor ultrasound images at baseline * Any patient deemed a poor candidate by the treating physicians

What they're measuring

Tolerance of diet advancement

Timeframe: 0 - 14 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04747691

SponsorEric Schwenk

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2021-06-08

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