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First received: October 18, 2022

Clinical Trial: Gastric Assessment of Pediatric Patients Undergoing Surgery

Study Status: Completed

Recruit Status: RECRUITING

Condition: Fasting

Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL


Official Title: Gastric Assessment of Pediatric Patients Undergoing Surgery

Brief Summary: The goal of this pilot prospective cohort study is to examine the reproducibility of gastric volume and emptying as measured by gastric ultrasound and its correlation to a gold-standard test for gastric emptying in the perioperative period in pediatric patients.The main questions it aims to answer are:What is the reliability (inter-rater variability between expert and novice assessors, and intra-rater variability) of a) the gastric antral cross-sectional area (CSA) and b) gastric volume using the Perlas US…

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