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Chest Ultrasound of ER Patients With Cough or SOB

NCT02269761 · Status: TERMINATED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2023-03-22

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Summary

Acute dyspnea (shortness of breath) is a common complaint for patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED). The chest radiograph (CXR) has been the mainstay in evaluating patients with shortness of breath and often provides the timely diagnosis of pneumonia, pneumothorax, pulmonary edema, among other primary diseases of the lung. There are limitations with chest radiograph such as large body mass (e.g, obesity) and patient positioning. On occasion, chest radiography findings are difficult to interpret. Lung ultrasonography may offer a means of clarifying ambiguous results.

The objective of this study to determine the usefulness of point of care lung ultrasound in evaluating patients presenting to the ED with shortness of breath, cough and/or wheezing.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Nuvis Diagnostic Ultrasound System

Ultrasound of the chest

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Theodore J Dubinsky, MD · University of Washington

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-30
Primary Completion
2014-12-01
Completion
2016-01-01

Countries

  • United States

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