Can a simple heart ultrasound prevent fluid overload in kids after surgery?
NCT ID NCT07099664
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether a quick ultrasound of the heart can help doctors decide how much fluid to give children after major surgery. Giving too much fluid can be harmful, but there aren't good tools to guide this in kids. The researchers will measure blood flow changes in the aorta using a special ultrasound probe placed on the chest. The goal is to see if this method can predict which children need more fluids, helping to avoid complications.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patient under 18 admitted to paediatric operating room for a surgical intervention, an endoscopy, an interventional radiology procedure or an imagery and needing a general anaesthesia
- Ages
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0 to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient under 18 admitted to paediatric operating room for a surgical intervention, an endoscopy, an interventional radiology procedure or an imagery and needing a general anaesthesia. Exclusion Criteria: * Condition preventing a suprasternal ultrasound (tracheostomy, spinal immobilization, suprasternal bandage) * Pathology disturbing respiratory variation of left ventricular stroke volume (PAH, constrictive pericarditis, pericardial effusion, right ventricular dysfunction, complex congenital heart disease, aortic coarctation, patent ductus arteriosus * Every medical condition where Berry's rule of fasting compensation could be unsafe (anuric kidney failure, oedema, heart failure with reduce left ventricular ejection fraction, patient under vasoactive drugs * Opposition to the participation in the study * Pregnant women * Patient with no security coverage * Inability to determine baseline cardiac output
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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chu de Lille
RECRUITINGLille, France
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