Point of Care Ultrasound for Suspected Small Bowel Obstruction in the Emergency Department

Completed

Conditions studied: Small Bowel Obstruction

In brief

The primary purpose of this study is to determine the accuracy of ultrasound in diagnosing small bowel obstruction in emergency department patients, as compared to the criterion standards of computed tomography, operative reports, or discharge diagnosis. The secondary purposes of the study include evaluation of the effect of ultrasound for small bowel obstruction on the patient length of stay in the emergency department and the diagnostic utility of specific ultrasound findings in the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction. The study will also examine the inter-rater agreement between point-of-care sonographers' interpretation and blinded reviewers' interpretation of the ultrasound images.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02190981

Run by

WellSpan Health

People needed

217

Starts

2014-07-01

Expected to finish

2019-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years of age or greater
• Abdominal pain with clinical suspicion for small bowel obstruction

You may not qualify if…

• Less than 18 years of age
• Lack of decision-making capacity or cannot provide consent
• Pregnancy
• Prisoners

Where it is running

• University of California Irvine Medical Center — Orange, California, United States
• Christana Hospital — Wilmington, Delaware, United States
• Wellspan Health York Hospital — York, Pennsylvania, United States

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