About this trial
The goal of this observational study is to detect the predictive accuracy of the gastric POCUS in pediatric trauma patients undergoing urgent and semi urgent operative procedures.
The main question it aims to answer is :
What is the predictive value of the gastric POCUS in pediatric patients? Participants are pediatric patients who will be scheduled for operative procedures within one hour of performing gastric POCUS.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Pediatric patients who will be scheduled for operative procedures within an hour of performing gastric POCUS.
Age group 1-18 years
ASA Physical status (I-III).
Both gender
Disqualifiers
Children with known abnormal upper GIT anatomy or prior upper GIT surgery.
Children with wounds of the epigastrium precluding probe placement.
Children deemed unable to tolerate the US probe
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Not listed