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Comparison Of Chest Ultrasound Techniques To Identify Clinically Significant Pneumothorax

NCT02619591 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 260

Last updated 2016-11-07

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Summary

Patients with chest trauma undergo ultrasound to detect a collapsed lung. Two techniques have been described. A single view for each hemi-thorax, and multiple views for each hemithorax. The investigators are comparing these two techniques in a randomized prospective trial.

Conditions

  • Pneumothorax

Interventions

OTHER

Ultrasound Imaging

views of a hemithorax was obtained using the Zonare Ultrasound machine.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Massachusetts, Worcester

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Romolo Gaspari, MD · UMASS Memorial

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2014-03-31
Completion
2014-06-30

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