Predictive Value of Transabdominal Intestine Sonography in Critically Ill Patients

Nanjing PLA General Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Critical Illness; Gastrointestinal Dysfunction; Intestine Ultrasonography

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: US score; Diagnostic Test: GIF score

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03589248

2016NLYZDRC015

Details and patient eligibility

About

It is very important to evaluate the degree of gastrointestinal dysfunction in critical ill patients. Thus the investigators conducted transabdominal intestine ultrasonography(US) in critical ill patients to evaluated the degree of gastrointestinal dysfunction under the acute gastrointestinal injury (AGI)

Enrollment: 136 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged more than 18 years
• Acute Physiology Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score >8

Exclusion criteria

• uncontrolled mesenteric vascular disease
• uncontrolled chronic organ dysfunction
• advanced cancer
• any terminal stage disease

Trial design

136 participants in 2 patient groups

GIF score

Description:

assess the AGI by gastrointestinal failure(GIF) score

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: US score

Diagnostic Test: GIF score

US score

Description:

assess the AGI by ultrasonography(US) score

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: US score

Diagnostic Test: GIF score