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CRP and Thoracic Emergency Ultrasound in Pneumonia

NCT03212248 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2017-07-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This preliminary study investigates in patients with possible clinical diagnosis of pneumonia, clues and biomarker assessed at Emergency Department (ED) triage, potentially predicting detection of lung consolidation by Thoracic-ultrasound (TUS) and/or by Chest-X-Rays. Cough and high admission CRP levels will be defined according to the cutoff defined by ROC analysis, will be challenged if independently associated with TUS lung consolidation detection High level of the chosen biomarker, and any of the considered symptoms, in otherwise not extremely critical patients (CURB65≤3), should prompt to immediate confirm by TUS, during the physical examination. This may limit the need of further radiological investigations allowing targeted workup.

Conditions

  • Difference, Individual
  • Community-acquired Pneumonia
  • Ultrasound

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Thoracic Ultrasound (TUS)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ospedale Civile di Ragusa, Italy

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Azienda Ospedaliera, Universitaria Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • GUGLIELMO TROVATO, MD · medint

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-02
Primary Completion
2016-04-30
Completion
2017-06-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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