Gastric Ultrasound Prior to Extubation

Prince of Wales Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fasting

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Gastric ultrasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05272332

CREC Ref. No. 2020.311

Details and patient eligibility

About

Serial gastric ultrasound assessments to assess the effect of fasting for 4 hours on gastric volume in mechanically ventilated patients in the ICU fasted for extubation.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• over 18 years of age,
• mechanically ventilated patients in the ICU,
• intubated with endotracheal
• enteral feeding for over 6 hours before fasting

Exclusion criteria

• BMI > 40, pregnant, fine bore nasogastric tube, mechanical obstruction to gastric emptying, history of upper GI surgeries