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Impact of Emergency Physician-Performed Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Patients With Acute Abdominal Pain

NCT04912206 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 256

Last updated 2022-07-20

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Summary

Non-traumatic abdominal pain is one of the most frequent complaints in Emergency Medicine. Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) has good performance in these situations. It is performed at the patient's bedside with immediate results. It has been demonstrated that a clinician-performed ultrasound was able to increase the diagnosis accuracy in patients with acute abdominal pain. However, the level of evidence of its diagnostic efficacy remains controversial in particular in Europe.

The principal investigators thus aimed to investigate the efficacy of early POCUS on diagnostic accuracy in the context of of non-traumatic abdominal pain by a randomized control study conducted in two emergency departments (ED). Secondary objectives will be comparison between the two groups for time spent in the ED before diagnosis and disposition (discharged home or hospitalization), prescription of complementary examinations and in particular, radiologic exams.

Conditions

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Point-of-Care Ultrasound

Abdominal clinician-performed Ultrasound

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • François Brau · CHD Vendée

  • Philippe Leconte · Nantes University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-06-11
Primary Completion
2022-06-23
Completion
2022-06-23

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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