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The Effects of Point-of-care Ultrasonography

NCT04429698 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 208

Last updated 2020-06-12

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Summary

Background: When used with standard diagnostic testing, point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) might improve the proportion of patients admitted with chest pain (CP) who are correctly diagnosed, decrease length of stay (LOS) in emergency department (ED) and costs. We therefore assessed POCUS for the heart, lungs, aortic, hepatobiliary and deep vein in addition to the usual initial diagnostic testing in this patient population.

Methods: In a prospective, randomised-controlled, parallel-group trial in the ED at Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, patients (≥18 years) with CP were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to a standard diagnostic strategy (control group) or to standard diagnostic strategy supplemented with POCUS (POCUS group).

Conditions

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Point of care ultrasonography

Point-of-care Ultrasonography is an imaging method performed with ultrasound aid to facilitate rapid diagnosis and interventions during emergency intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sakarya University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Necip G Guner, M.D. · Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-15
Primary Completion
2019-01-15
Completion
2019-01-15

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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