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Potential Role for Echocardiography in Adult Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

NCT02441855 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 210

Last updated 2015-06-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Despite the efficacy of modern treatment, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the the leading cause of death. Prognostic scores have been developed to estimate the risk of adverse outcome. Several serum biomarkers have been also investigated in patients with CAP. A growing number of echocardiographic markers have been evaluated as possible predictors of prognosis in patients with pulmonary and infectious diseases such as sepsis, septic shock, human immunodeficiency virus infection, pulmonary tuberculosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. As echocardiography is a non-invasive, reliable, cost-effective, and reproducible diagnostic tool to evaluate cardiac function and structures, the investigators aimed to investigate left and right ventricular functions and aortic elastic properties in CAP patients. Furthermore, the investigators also aimed to observe relationships between echocardiographic findings and inflammatory and cardiac serum biomarkers in patients with CAP.

Conditions

  • Community-acquired Pneumonia

Interventions

DEVICE

echocardiography

echocardiography: Left and right ventricular functions and aortic elastic properties.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Murat Biteker, Assoc. Prof. · Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-05-31
Completion
2015-05-31

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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