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Added Diagnostic Value of Point of Care Ultrasound in Acute Dyspnea

NCT05782478 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2025-07-16

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Summary

Dyspnea is a common diagnostic challenge in the Emergency Department (ED). Delay in diagnosis will increase time to correct treatment and could impact outcome. Previous studies have shown excellent diagnostic performance of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) to detect and differentiate between several important diagnosis (e.g heart failure and pneumonia) in patients with dyspnea. However, in most studies POCUS is performed by physicians highly experienced in ultrasound and often studies have focused only on one or few diagnoses. The aim of this study is to compare the diagnostic accuracy of different diagnosis in dyspnoeic patients before and after a ED physician with limited training applies POCUS.

Conditions

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Point of care Ultrasound according to study protocol

An emergency medicine specialist or resident will according to a structured protocol perform a structured ultrasound examination of the heart, the inferior vena cava and the lungs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Region Skane

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jakob Lundager Forberg, PhD,MD · Region Skåne Sweden

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-03-09
Primary Completion
2026-01-31
Completion
2026-03-28

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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