Bio Impedance Monitoring as a Tool to Assess Fluid Status in the Pediatric Surgical Patient? (PedFluid Study)
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age1-16
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Antwerp
About this trial
The baseline infusion rate during surgery for pediatric patients still is the 'Holliday and Segar' rule (also known as the 4/2/1 rule) The question arises if this rule is not outdated, since it was calculated based on the caloric need of the pediatric population, calculated for cow milk. The study tends to validate the use of bio impedance measurements for registering fluid shifts in the pediatric surgical patients.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Scheduled for elective surgery or investigation under general anesthesia
Day care or inpatient hospitalisation
Disqualifiers
If sedation is needed instead of general anesthesia
Critically ill patients for urgent surgery
Patients who cannot lie still for performing correct measurements on the bio impedance monitor
No informed consent obtained
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- bio impedance spectroscopy by means of the Body Composition Monitor (Name of the device is BCM from Fresenius Medical Care D GmbH)
Treatment groups
100 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov