Clinical Trial: Bedside Cranial Ultrasound for Risk-Stratified Imaging in Pediatric Acute Brain Injury

U.S., Aug. 20 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07772323) titled 'Bedside Cranial Ultrasound for Risk-Stratified Imaging in Pediatric Acute Brain Injury' on Aug. 13.

Brief Summary: Acute brain injury (ABI) is a leading cause of death and long-term disability in children. Diagnosis depends on fast neuroimaging, and head computed tomography (CT) is the bedside reference standard despite exposing the developing brain to ionizing radiation. A safe, portable, radiation-free bedside tool is needed to help decide which children need a head CT, to speed CT when injury is present, and to safely monitor injured children between scans. This study evaluates B-mode cranial point-of-care ultrasound (cPOCUS) per...