Ultrasound for Healthy Lymph Nodes in Young People
Baseline Evaluation of Lymph Nodes in the Lower Quadrant Young People Using Point of Care Ultrasound (BELLY-POCUS)
Recruiting
Observational Study
Lymph Nodes
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
No Study Drug
Researchers observe your health over time — no experimental treatment is given.
At a Glance
- Age
- 2 – 16
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Observational
- Participants needed
- 500 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust · Other
Who this trial is looking for
This trial is looking for young patients aged 2 to 16 years who are visiting the emergency department for non-abdominal injuries. They will have an ultrasound to examine their lymph nodes to help understand what is normal.
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
You may be able to join if
- I am aged between 2 and 16 years
- I have a head injury
- I have a facial injury
- I have a neck injury
- I have an upper limb injury
- I have a lower limb injury
You may not be able to join if
- I have had vomiting in the last four weeks
- I have had diarrhoea in the last four weeks
- I have had abdominal pain in the last four weeks
- I have had a fever in the last four weeks
- I have active urinary infection evidence in the last four weeks
- I have active respiratory infection evidence in the last four weeks
- I have had abdominal surgery in the last six months
Summarized in plain language from this trial's official eligibility criteria. The full criteria are further down this page — only the research team can confirm whether you qualify.
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About This Trial
Abdominal pain is one of the commonest presentations to the paediatric emergency department. Many children are brought to the PED due to concerns about surgical intra-abdominal pathology such as appendicitis. Mesenteric adenitis is commonly attributed as a cause of the patient's pain but is done so without confirmatory imaging findings and as a diagnosis of exclusion.
There is a paucity of eviden…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
\- patients aged 2 - 16 years who present to the paediatric emergency department with the following conditions: head injury, facial injury, neck injury, upper and lower limb injury.
Exclusion Criteria:
* any child who has had symptoms of vomiting (including those with concurre…
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