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Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department Evaluation of Syncope

NCT01671371 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2016-06-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether point-of-care (bedside) ultrasound assists physicians in the evaluation and management of patients with syncope.

Conditions

  • Syncope

Interventions

OTHER

Point-of-Care Ultrasound

Performance of a focused cardiac ultrasound including a qualitative assessment of left ventricular function, pericardial effusion, right ventricular strain, proximal ascending aortic diameter, and inferior vena cava size and collapsibility

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Richard A Taylor, M.D. · Yale University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-07-31
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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