Measuring Bladder Volumes Scanning in the ICU
Completed
Conditions studied: Urinary Retention, Acute Kidney Injury
In brief
ICU patients are at risk for catheter associated urinary tract infection. Frequently patients can't tell clinicians if they need to void if the catheter is removed. If clinicians know that an accurate volume measurement s of urine volume in the bladder can be obtained when the catheter is removed, catheters could be removed earlier and more frequently and thus possibly avoid an infection. For this study, measures with ultrasound (directly visualizing the bladder to measure), bladder scanner (partially blind measure with placement of scanner over the expected bladder location on the skin) and urine catheterized volume will be obtained. The investigators also want to know if the technology is user dependent. The study will include 2 levels of nurses RN and advanced practice RN (APRN) perform the bladder scanner. An APRN and MD will conduct the ultrasound. Ultrasound is technology primarily used by physicians but APRNs are using the technology technology more frequently. After these 4 measurements, the patient's nurse will perform an intermittent straight catheterization (catheter inserted, urine drained, and catheter removed) as the gold standard comparison.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03428113
- Run by
- Washington University School of Medicine
- People needed
- 75
- Starts
- 2017-12-04
- Expected to finish
- 2018-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-04-03
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- ICU dialysis patients who have their catheter removed per ICU medical team
- ICU patients without an indwelling urinary catheter and inability to void 6 hours post urinary catheter removal or 6 hours after admission
You may not qualify if…
- Pregnant women Prisoners
Where it is running
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University — St Louis, Missouri, United States
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