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Surgeon-performed bedside ultrasound to assess volume status: a feasibility study

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Purpose

Rapid assessment of volume status in children is often difficult. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of surgeon-performed ultrasound to assess volume status in patients with hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.

Methods

Ultrasounds were performed on admission and before operation. The diameters of the inferior vena cava (IVC) and aorta (Ao) were measured and IVC/Ao ratios were calculated. Electrolytes were measured on admission and repeated if warranted. Logistic regression was used to associate the clinical outcome, defined as CO2 ≤30 mEq/L, with IVC/Ao ratios. Predictive capacity was estimated from the logistic regression for IVC/Ao ratios. Linear regression was used to estimate associations between CO2 values and IVC/Ao ratios.

Results

Thirty-one patients were enrolled. The IVC/Ao ratio is highly associated with actual CO2 values (P < 0.001) and the clinical outcome (P = 0.004). For every 0.05 unit increase in IVC/Ao ratio, predicted CO2 decreased 1.1 units. For every 0.05 unit increase in the IVC/Ao ratio, the odds of having a CO2 ≤30 mEq/L increased 48 % [OR = 1.48, 95 % CI (1.13,1.94)]. Predictive capacity is maximized at an IVC/Ao ratio of 0.75 as 83.9 % of subjects were correctly classified and specificity and PPV = 100 %.

Conclusions

Surgeon-performed ultrasound to determine IVC/Ao ratio is feasible. An IVC/Ao ratio of 0.75 predicted adequate resuscitation.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, 1 Children’s Way, Slot 837, Little Rock, AR, 72202, USA

    Deidre L. Wyrick, Samuel D. Smith, Jeffrey M. Burford, Christopher J. Swearingen & Melvin S. Dassinger

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Wyrick, D.L., Smith, S.D., Burford, J.M. et al. Surgeon-performed bedside ultrasound to assess volume status: a feasibility study. Pediatr Surg Int 31, 1165–1169 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-015-3798-5

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