DIAGNOSTIC CONTRIBUTION OF EARLY ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND IN THE SITUATION OF ACUTE ABDOMEN OF PREMATURE

N/ANot Yet RecruitingNCT07275268

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon100 enrolled

Overview

This study will assess the diagnostic contribution of early abdominal ultrasound for acute abdomen in premature newborns. Early ultrasound assessment would provide diagnostic assistance, in conjunction with clinical examination and biological testing, in the three main clinical situations encountered with an acute abdomen in premature infants: enterocolitis (digestive translocation of a bacterium secondary to inflammation, local fragility of the digestive tract, associated ischemic phenomena), reflex ileus (decrease in intestinal peristalsis secondary to peritoneal reactivity following inflammatory phenomena) and digestive immaturity (expressed by bloating, regurgitation, absence of spontaneous transit, related to the degree of prematurity).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Acute Abdomen in Children

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMax age: 36 Weeks

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Premature under 37 weeks of amenorrhea with an adverse event of special interest such as : * altered abdomen with bloating or presence of previsouly unknow marked collateral circulation, * absence of spontaneous transit (\> 48 hours), * episode of rectal bleeding, * repeated regurgitation/vomiting (during more than 50% of feedings), * prolonged fasting (\>12 hours), OR * increase in cardiorespiratory events on continuous monitoring associated with one of the elements listed above. Exclusion Criteria: * organic malformation detected during prenatal monitoring or discovered in the immediate postnatal period, * chromosomal abnormality detected during prenatal monitoring or discovered in the immediate postnatal period,- spontaneous perforation occurring during the first week of life.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Presence or absence of echographic signs

Presence of "positive" echographic signs such as: aeroportia, pneumatosis parietalis, pneumoperitoneum, bowel wall thickening, fluid effusion, distension of bowel loops, during the early echography for premature newborns with digestive symptomatology.

Time frame: Day 5