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Estimation of Spleen by Residents With VScan

NCT01907932 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 29

Last updated 2017-04-14

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Summary

In internal medicine, assessment of spleen size on physical examination is an extremely important part of the overall evaluation of patients with many illnesses. Examination of the spleen is also one of the core competencies that the investigators expect the students and residents to learn as part of their training. Unfortunately, the sensitivity and specificity of examination of the spleen at the bedside is not very good. The investigators wish to determine if medical residents can be taught to use hand carried ultrasound to accurately assess spleen size. Doing so would make physical examination of the spleen obsolete and transform training objectives for medical trainees.

Conditions

  • Splenomegaly

Interventions

DEVICE

VScan Ultrasound (GE Healthcare, USA)

VScan Ultrasound used to determine spleen size and the other qualities described in the arm description.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Graydon S Meneilly, MD · University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-11-30
Primary Completion
2014-05-31
Completion
2014-05-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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