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Pocus Triage in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Abdominal Pain

NCT06887400 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 262

Last updated 2025-03-20

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Summary

Introduction and Objective: This study aimed to reveal the effect of classical triage and Bedside Focused Ultrasonography (POCUS) in addition to classical triage on diagnosis, treatment, emergency department follow-up and its relationship with triage models in patients presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain complaints.

METHOD: This randomized, controlled, prospective study was conducted with a total of 262 volunteer participants who were divided into two groups as 127 classical triage and 135 POCUS in addition to classical triage with non-traumatic abdominal pain. The decision of which participant would be included in which group was made at a 1:1 ratio using a computer-aided randomization table. The researcher did not intervene in the clinical processes in any way. In this study, the effect of POCUS application performed in addition to classical triage on clinical processes (imaging request, initial analgesia administration time, consultation request, emergency department stay and outcome) in the primary outcome and on triage systems in the secondary outcome were evaluated. IBM SPSS 21.0 software was used for statistical analysis of the data.

Conditions

  • Abdominal Pain (AP)
  • Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
  • Triage

Interventions

OTHER

Point of care ultrasound (POCUS)

In this study, POCUS was performed by the same emergency medicine physician who had basic and advanced USG training and at least two years of POCUS experience, in accordance with ACEP imaging protocols. A portable USG device with B-Mode, M-Mode, Color Doppler, Power Doppler, Pulsed Wave Doppler modes, and which can be used in all clinical modes with a single probe was used during the protocol application (Butterfly iQ+™, Burlington, United States). Eight abdominal points (epigastric region, right upper quadrant, right side, right lower quadrant, suprapubic region, left lower quadrant, left side and upper quadrant, umbilical region) were scanned with POCUS, the findings were recorded on the previously prepared form, the triage categories of the patients (cl) were updated and the patients were directed to the area where they would be examined with the form.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sakarya University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-01
Primary Completion
2024-06-30
Completion
2024-06-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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