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Diagnostic Performance of Chest Computed Tomography Scan in Patients Aged 65 and Over Presenting to Emergency Room With Acute Dyspnea

NCT06104475 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2023-10-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In acute dyspnea, the use of chest radiography is frequent and not very contributive, especially in the elderly patients.

However, early diagnosis of the cause of dyspnea in the ED is associated with a better prognosis, in particular for the identification of an infectious or cardiac origin.

Chest CT has already shown better diagnostic performances than conventional radiography in several pathologies such as low respiratory infection, and the development of so-called "low dose" scans allows to limit the irradiation during this examination.

The investigators aim to conduct a diagnostic study comparing non-injected chest CT-scan and conventional chest radiography in patients older than 65 presenting in the ED with acute dyspnea to assess whether CT-scan improves diagnosis.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

CT scan

A CT scan will be requested for every patient in addition to the chest X-ray

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yonathan FREUND, PU-PH · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-12-31
Primary Completion
2024-10-31
Completion
2024-11-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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