Lung Ultrasound-guided Fluid Therapy in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patients

Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Status: Suspended

Conditions: Fluid Overload Pulmonary Edema; Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated; Fluid Overload Without Edema; Fluid Overload

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Pulmonary ultrasound

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04215692

2019-R-14

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effect of using pulmonary ultrasound to guide fluid therapy on distinct variables.

Full description

In this randomized clinical trial, the investigators will evaluate the effect of guiding fluid therapy by pulmonary ultrasound on the following variables:

Length of stay in the pediatric ICU Duration of mechanical ventilation Oxygenation index PaO2/FiO2

Enrollment: 68 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 week to 14 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All pediatric inpatient intensive care unit admissions
• Signed Informed Consent Form

Exclusion criteria

• Cyanotic congenital heart disease
• Not requiring mechanical ventilation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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68 participants in 2 patient groups

Ultrasound Guided Fluid Therapy

Experimental group

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Pulmonary ultrasound

Conventional Fluid Therapy

No Intervention group