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NCT Number: NCT06650787

Application of Ultrasound Technique in Locating the End of the Gastric Tube in Children Aged 0-6 Years

Application of ultrasound technique to locate the end of the gastric tube in children aged 0-6 years

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Key information

Conditions

Congenital Heart Disease Cardiovascular Abnormalities Cardiovascular Diseases Congenital Abnormalities Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities Heart Defects, Congenital Heart Diseases

Age range

1 day–6 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CICU,Cardiovascular Center,Children Hospital of Fudan University

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 201102, China

About this study

Bedside blind insertion is the most common method for gastric tube indwelling in clinical practice. The key problem is that the position of the tube cannot be accurately determined in real time.Bedside ultrasound has become a common medical technology, and resources are easy to obtain. Therefore, bedside ultrasound has the advantages of fast, accurate, real-time repeatable, and non-invasive in determining the position of the end of the indwelling gastric tube.The purpose of this study is to investigate the accuracy of bedside ultrasound in guiding gastric tube placement and judging the position of the end of the tube in children with CHD aged 0-6 years. To explore the feasibility and effectiveness of bedside ultrasound guided gastric tube placement during perioperative period in children with congenital heart disease (CHD), this study plans to procedure the prospective randomized controlled study.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Children with CHD who needed gastric tube in CCU were admitted
  • children aged 0-6 years
  • Informed consent of parents

Exclusion criteria

  • Children with delayed sternal closure
  • The parents had cognitive impairment and mental disorders

Treatment and study plan

Ultrasound was used to locate the end of the gastric tube

Other
  • Inform the family of the purpose and method of using bedside ultrasound to guide the placement of the gastric tube, and determine the position of the end of the tube.
  • The ultrasound machine was connected to the power supply and placed on the right side of the patient.
  • Select the appropriate type of gastric tube and measure the length of the indwelling gastric tube by nursing staff before inserting the tube.
  • Nurses who had been trained in ultrasound performed ultrasound judgment on the neck and abdomen of the children. Sonographers, intensive care physicians and nursing staff jointly judged the ultrasound images.
  • Conventional judgment method was used to determine the position of gastric tube
  • Bedside chest radiography, with results obtained by a radiologist.
  • Keep your child safe at all times.

Conventional placing nasogastric tube group

Other
  • Choose the appropriate type of gastric tube, and measure the length of the indwelling gastric tube by the nursing staff before the tube insertion.
  • The gastric tube was inserted by the conventional blind insertion method.
  • The conventional judgment method was used to determine the position of the gastric tube.
  • Bedside chest radiography, with results obtained by a radiologist.
  • Keep your child safe at all times.

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of accurate gastric tube placement

    Time frame: The gastric tube is placed within ten minutes

    Accuracy of gastric tube placement is defined as proportion of accurate gastric tube placement (The tip of the nasogastric tube is positioned within the body or antrum of the stomach).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Children's Hospital of Fudan University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

To Study the Application of Bedside Ultrasound in Gastric Tube Placement and Determination of the Position of the End of the Gastric Tube in Children Aged 0 to 6 Years With Congenital Heart Disease

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Oct 21, 2024
Registry last updated
Jul 6, 2026

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