The Effect of Bedside Ultrasound Assistance on the Proportion of Successful Infant Spinal Taps
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Official title
The Effect of Bedside Ultrasound Assistance on the Proportion of Successful Infant Lumbar Punctures in a Pediatric Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief summary
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The reported rate of unsuccessful spinal taps in children, especially young infants, is high. Our hypothesis is that ultrasound assistance can improve the success rate of spinal taps.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02133066
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 128 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Bedside Ultrasound-Assisted Site Marking Procedure
- Mindray M7 Ultrasound Device
- Routine lumbar puncture Procedure
Procedure · Device
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- Up to 6 Months
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 30, 2014
- Primary completion
- Jan 31, 2016
- Completion
- Dec 31, 2016
- Last update posted
- Aug 30, 2017
2014 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Emergency Department | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
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