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Ultrasound in Acute Dyspnea in the Field

NCT01235182 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 248

Last updated 2010-11-05

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Summary

Acute heart failure is one of the main causes of acute respiratory distres in prehospital emergency setting. The early and correct diagnosis is important because the misdiagnosis can result in deleterious consequeance to patients. Rapid bedside tests (like NT-proBNP) and point-of-care lung ultrasound could be useful methods in field. This study confirmed that the combination of ultrasound sign in combination with rapid NT-proBNP test has a hibh diagnostic accuracy in differentiating between cardiac and pulmonray causes of acute dyspnea in the field and the tretament possibilities in clinical obscure cases are mainly improved.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Medical Centre Maribor

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Štefek Grmec, MD,PhD,Prof. · Center of Health Center for Emergency Medicine Maribor

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-07-31
Primary Completion
2010-04-30
Completion
2010-08-31

Countries

  • Slovenia

Study Locations

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