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Role of Chest Ultrasound in Diagnosing and Follow-up of Pneumonia

NCT00808457 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 397

Last updated 2011-08-15

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Summary

The study of a large number of patients (at least 200 patients) from several European centres aims to investigate the value of chest ultrasound in diagnosing and checking the course of pneumonia as compared to a chest X-ray film in two planes and - in case of a controversial X-ray finding- as compared to low-dose CT.

An X-ray finding is regarded controversial, if infiltrates cannot be reliably excluded or not reliably represented and if a definite diagnosis is, thus, not possible. A low-dose CT is indicated even in case of a positive chest ultrasound and negative X-ray finding. Sonographic recording and characterization of pneumonic infiltrates is performed both at the time of diagnosing and in the further course under therapy.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Jena

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-02-28
Completion
2011-02-28

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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