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Emergency Department Targeted Ultrasound for the Detection of Hydronephrosis

NCT00555308 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2009-07-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

An Emergency Department Targeted Ultrasound (EDTU) is an ultrasound examination performed by an emergency department physician, instead of a radiologist or ultrasound technician. EDTU is intended to be a readily assessable test performed at the bedside, to quickly and safely determine the presence of a disease state; it answers a binary question, as compared to formal ultrasound imaging which seeks to determine the cause of a patient's symptoms.

The objective of this study is to determine the accuracy of EDTU in patients suspected of renal colic. By demonstrating excellent test characteristics, these investigators hope that this research will be used to incorporate EDTU for hydronephrosis into standard emergency care in Canada.

Conditions

  • Urolithiasis
  • Ultrasonography
  • Hydronephrosis

Interventions

OTHER

emergency department targeted ultrasound imaging

bedside ultrasound performed by emergency physician to identify hydronephrosis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Queen's University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eric A Bruder, MD · Queen's University

  • Kieran M Moore, MD MMSc · Queen's University

  • Louise Rang, MD RDMS · Queen's University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-11-30
Primary Completion
2009-06-30
Completion
2009-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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