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Performance Evaluation of Clinical Ultrasound in Management of Acute Pulmonary Edema in Elderly Patient

NCT02638350 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 123

Last updated 2019-06-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main objective is to assess the validation of the diagnosis early acute pulmonary edema in elderly patients with acute respiratory distress, admitted in a host of vital emergency services by lung ultrasound associated with the measurement of the inferior vena cava.

Conditions

  • Pulmonary Edema
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Interventions

DEVICE

Strategy with lung ultrasound

Each patient admitted for suspicion of acute lung edema will be treated according to the protocol of the emergency department. Another doctor will independently do a lung ultrasound and measurement of the inferior vena cava. The ultrasound results are not made available to the doctor in charge of the patient. At the end of the study, all the files will be analyzed by a independent committee, blinded ultrasound results for the final diagnosis of acute pulmonary edema.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Toulouse

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thibault Le Gourrierec, MD · University Hospital, Toulouse

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-12-07
Primary Completion
2019-03-21
Completion
2019-03-21

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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