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Point of Care Ultrasound Use by General Practitioners in France (Echo-MG)

NCT04583670 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 655

Last updated 2026-01-20

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Summary

This study explores how Point of Care Ultrasound (POC-US) is used in general practice in France and how it affects the diagnostic process and treatment of patients.

General practitioners (GPs) will register information each time they use POC-US during a one month period.

The aim of this study is to describe the use of POCUS and its role in the diagnostic and therapeutic process in general medicine.

* Description of the use of POCUS through indication, organs scanned, findings, frequency , time consumption.
* Analysis of the role of POCUS in the diagnostic process: change of diagnostic hypotheses and change of certainty in the main diagnostic hypothesis.
* Analysis of the role of POCUS in the therapeutic process: change in the care pathway and the therapeutic initial plan.

This is an observational study without any intervention.

Conditions

  • Point of Care Ultrasound

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aalborg University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Agence Regionale de Sante d'Ile de France

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Sorbonne University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mariela Skendi, MD, MSc · General Practice Department Sorbonne University

  • Roxane Liard · General Practice Department Sorbonne University

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-15
Primary Completion
2024-07-15
Completion
2024-07-15

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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