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Randomized Study Evaluating the Role of Surgeon-Performed Ultrasound in the Management of the Acute Abdomen

NCT00550511 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 800

Last updated 2007-10-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether surgeon-performed ultrasound as a supplement to clinical investigation when a patient presents with abdominal pain in the emergency department can improve the management of the patient.

Conditions

Interventions

RADIATION

Surgeon-performed ultrasound

After clinical investigation including standardized laboratory tests the patient in the intervention arm is examined with abdominal ultrasound performed by the study surgeon.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Johanna Adami, ass prof · Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine, Clinical epidemiology unit

  • Anna Lindelius, MD · Karolinska Institutet, Department of Surgery, Stockholm South General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-02-29
Completion
2005-06-30

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