Furosemide Use to Fill the Bladder of Pediatric Females Awaiting Pelvic Ultrasound

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether or not furosemide causes the bladder to fill faster than IV fluids alone so that a pelvic ultrasound exam can be performed.

Timeline

Start

2021-05-29

Primary completion

2023-12-31

Completion

2023-12-31

Publications

• Results Prieto JM, Kling KM, Ignacio RC, Bickler SW, Fairbanks TJ, Saenz NC, Nicholson SI, Lazar DA. Premenarchal patients present differently: A twist on the typical patient presenting with ovarian torsion. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Dec;54(12):2614-2616. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2019.08.020. Epub 2019 Aug 30.
• Results Guthrie BD, Adler MD, Powell EC. Incidence and trends of pediatric ovarian torsion hospitalizations in the United States, 2000-2006. Pediatrics. 2010 Mar;125(3):532-8. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-1360. Epub 2010 Feb 1.
• Results Childress KJ, Dietrich JE. Pediatric Ovarian Torsion. Surg Clin North Am. 2017 Feb;97(1):209-221. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2016.08.008.
• Results Naffaa L, Deshmukh T, Tumu S, Johnson C, Boyd KP, Meyers AB. Imaging of Acute Pelvic Pain in Girls: Ovarian Torsion and Beyond☆. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2017 Jul-Aug;46(4):317-329. doi: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2016.12.010. Epub 2016 Dec 21.
• Results Karaman E, Beger B, Cetin O, Melek M, Karaman Y. Ovarian Torsion in the Normal Ovary: A Diagnostic Challenge in Postmenarchal Adolescent Girls in the Emergency Department. Med Sci Monit. 2017 Mar 15;23:1312-1316. doi: 10.12659/msm.902099.
• Results Dessie A, Steele D, Liu AR, Amanullah S, Constantine E. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Assessment of Bladder Fullness for Female Patients Awaiting Radiology-Performed Transabdominal Pelvic Ultrasound in a Pediatric Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Nov;72(5):571-580. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.04.010. Epub 2018 Jul 3.
• Results Stranzinger E, Strouse PJ. Ultrasound of the pediatric female pelvis. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2008 Apr;29(2):98-113. doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2007.12.002.
• Results Guerra LA, Keays MA, Purser MJ, Wang SY, Leonard MP. Pediatric cystogram: Are we considering age-adjusted bladder capacity? Can Urol Assoc J. 2018 Dec;12(12):378-381. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.5263.
• Results Koff SA. Estimating bladder capacity in children. Urology. 1983 Mar;21(3):248. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(83)90079-1. No abstract available.
• Results Ross M, Selby S, Poonai N, Liu H, Minoosepehr S, Boag G, Eccles R, Thompson G. The Effect of a Full Bladder on Proportions of Diagnostic Ultrasound Studies in Children with Suspected Appendicitis. CJEM. 2016 Nov;18(6):414-419. doi: 10.1017/cem.2016.23. Epub 2016 Apr 4.
• Results Shapira-Zaltsberg G, Fleming NA, Karwowska A, Trejo MEP, Guillot G, Miller E. Non-visualization of the ovaries on pediatric transabdominal ultrasound with a non-distended bladder: Can adnexal torsion be excluded? Pediatr Radiol. 2019 Sep;49(10):1313-1319. doi: 10.1007/s00247-019-04460-y. Epub 2019 Jul 9.
• Results Ljungberg A, Segelsjo M, Dahlman P, Helenius M, Magnusson M, Magnusson A. Comparison of quality of urinary bladder filling in CT urography with different doses of furosemide in the work-up of patients with macroscopic hematuria. Radiography (Lond). 2021 Feb;27(1):136-141. doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2020.07.002. Epub 2020 Jul 26.
• Results Helenius M, Segelsjo M, Dahlman P, et al. Comparison of four different preparation protocols to achieve bladder distension in patients with gross haematuria undergoing CT urography. Radiography 2012;18:206-11.
• Results Van Der Molen AJ, Cowan NC, Mueller-Lisse UG, Nolte-Ernsting CC, Takahashi S, Cohan RH; CT Urography Working Group of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR). CT urography: definition, indications and techniques. A guideline for clinical practice. Eur Radiol. 2008 Jan;18(1):4-17. doi: 10.1007/s00330-007-0792-x. Epub 2007 Nov 1.
• Results Eades SK, Christensen ML. The clinical pharmacology of loop diuretics in the pediatric patient. Pediatr Nephrol. 1998 Sep;12(7):603-16. doi: 10.1007/s004670050514.
• Results Oh SW, Han SY. Loop Diuretics in Clinical Practice. Electrolyte Blood Press. 2015 Jun;13(1):17-21. doi: 10.5049/EBP.2015.13.1.17. Epub 2015 Jun 30.
• Jersey C, Heggland A, Moote D, Brimacombe M, Chicaiza H. Furosemide use to expedite bladder filling in pediatric females with suspected ovarian torsion: A randomized controlled pilot study. Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Apr;90:205-209. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2025.01.082. Epub 2025 Jan 31.

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Indications

No indication recorded.