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Educational Programme in Diaphragm Ultrasonographic Assessment

NCT03704129 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 172

Last updated 2019-04-22

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Summary

Diaphragm ultrasound non-invasively explores the diaphragm function and it can be useful in several clinical situations. Diaphragm ultrasound is able to evaluate the cranio-caudal displacement of the diaphragm and its thickening fraction at the end of inspiration, in relation to the end-expiratory value.

While several studies have been conducted in the evaluation of educational programmes for echocardiography, to date data lack regarding this aspect in diaphragm ultrasonographic assessment.

Based on the experience gained in some specialization schools in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, the investigators hypothesize that the participation in a two-hour course, including a theoretical part and a practical training, allows to acquire the appropriate theoretical and practical skills necessary to correctly perform the measurement of the diaphragm excursion and thickening fraction, compared to the theoretical lesson only, followed by a brief explanation by an expert tutor, on the practical use of the ultrasound.

The investigators hypothesized that the association of the theoretical part and of the practical training is able to obtain:

1. Passing the theoretical test with at least 70% of the correct answers;
2. The correct identification of the areas where the probe is affixed;
3. The appropriate measure of Diaphragmatic thickening and displacement.

Conditions

  • Educational Problems
  • Respiratory Muscle
  • Diaphragm Disease

Interventions

OTHER

Tutor

The participants will access the practical training, during which each participant will be followed by a tutor who will interactively explain, using a healthy volunteer, how to perform the ultrasound scan of the diaphragm. The ultrasound will be performed on a healthy volunteer first by the tutor and then by the participants. During the exercise, each individual learner will be supervised by the tutor himself.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Paolo Navalesi

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-12-01
Primary Completion
2019-02-28
Completion
2019-02-28

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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