# Assessing Gastric Motility and Distention in Postoperative Gastrointestinal Surgery Using Bedside Gastric Ultrasound: Predicting Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia, Ileus, Return of Bowel Function

> **NCT04747691** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Eric Schwenk** · enrollment: 22 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Postoperative Ileus
- Postoperative Nausea
- Postoperative Complications
- Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
- Postoperative Vomiting
- Aspiration Vomitus

## Interventions

- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** Bedside gastric ultrasound

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04747691
- **Lead sponsor:** Eric Schwenk
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2021-02-12
- **Primary completion:** 2021-06-08
- **Final completion:** 2021-07-01
- **Target enrollment:** 22 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-06-06


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04747691

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04747691, "Assessing Gastric Motility and Distention in Postoperative Gastrointestinal Surgery Using Bedside Gastric Ultrasound: Predicting Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia, Ileus, Return of Bowel Function". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04747691. Licensed CC0.

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