Abdominal Free Air After Surgery

Federico II University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Prediction of Gastrointestinal Perforation

Treatments: Radiation: chest radiograph

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01639170

Federico II-0919

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate if the presence of abdominal free air on a plain chest radiograph predicts gastrointestinal perforation. We aimed to enroll all patients undergoing abdominal surgery reporting major symptoms and signs suggestive of gastrointestinal perforation (abdominal pain, leukocytosis, fever) within the third postoperative day.

Enrollment: 600 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Abdominal surgery and major symptoms and signs suggestive of gastrointestinal perforation within the third postoperative day.

Exclusion criteria

• inability to consent to the study, age ≤18 yr, certain or probable pregnancy, inability to remain in upright position for more than 10 minutes.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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600 participants in 1 patient group

subjects undergoing abdominal surgery

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects who undergone abdominal intervention and reported major symptoms and signs suggestive of gastrointestinal perforation (abdominal pain, leukocytosis, fever) within the third postoperative day. Exclusion criteria: inability to consent to the study, age ≤18 yr, certain or probable pregnancy, inability to remain in upright position for more than 10 minutes.

Treatment:

Radiation: chest radiograph