Influence of Routinely Adding Ultrasound Screening in Medical Department
NCT ID: NCT01331187
Last Updated: 2021-11-09
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
600 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2011-04-01
2011-06-30
Brief Summary
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1\. The aim is to study the clinical use of pocket-size US as a screening diagnostic tool in an medical department with respect to inpatients workflow and diagnostics.
Method: Patients admitted (in certain preset periods) to Department of medicine will be randomized to routinely adding an ultrasound examination with pocket-size device by residents on call. Time to definitive diagnosis, time to definitive treatment and time to discard will be recorded. US findings will be validated against standard echocardiography, or standard US/CT/MRI performed at the Radiological department.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Usual care
Usual care diagnostics. No routinely ultrasound examination
Usual care
No intervention, except for usual care (goal-directed diagnostics)
Routinely ulasonography
Patients will routinely be examined with ultrasound at admittance in addition to usual care diagnostics
Pocket-size ultrasonography
Routinely adding a ultrasound examination of the heart, pleura, great abdominal vessels, liver/gall bladder and kidneys at patients admittance to hospital
Interventions
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Pocket-size ultrasonography
Routinely adding a ultrasound examination of the heart, pleura, great abdominal vessels, liver/gall bladder and kidneys at patients admittance to hospital
Usual care
No intervention, except for usual care (goal-directed diagnostics)
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
16 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology
OTHER
Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Havard Dalen, MD, PhD
Role: STUDY_CHAIR
Levanger Hospital/Norwegian University of Science an Technology
Locations
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Department of Medicine, Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust
Levanger, , Norway
Countries
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References
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Sicari R, Galderisi M, Voigt JU, Habib G, Zamorano JL, Lancellotti P, Badano LP. The use of pocket-size imaging devices: a position statement of the European Association of Echocardiography. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2011 Feb;12(2):85-7. doi: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq184. Epub 2011 Jan 7.
Prinz C, Voigt JU. Diagnostic accuracy of a hand-held ultrasound scanner in routine patients referred for echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2011 Feb;24(2):111-6. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2010.10.017. Epub 2010 Dec 3.
Roelandt JR. Ultrasound stethoscopy. Eur J Intern Med. 2004 Oct;15(6):337-347. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2004.08.002.
Kimura BJ, Shaw DJ, Agan DL, Amundson SA, Ping AC, DeMaria AN. Value of a cardiovascular limited ultrasound examination using a hand-carried ultrasound device on clinical management in an outpatient medical clinic. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jul 15;100(2):321-5. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.02.104. Epub 2007 May 29.
Lucas BP, Candotti C, Margeta B, Evans AT, Mba B, Baru J, Asbury JK, Asmar A, Kumapley R, Patel M, Borkowsky S, Fung S, Charles-Damte M. Diagnostic accuracy of hospitalist-performed hand-carried ultrasound echocardiography after a brief training program. J Hosp Med. 2009 Jul;4(6):340-9. doi: 10.1002/jhm.438.
Martin LD, Howell EE, Ziegelstein RC, Martire C, Whiting-O'Keefe QE, Shapiro EP, Hellmann DB. Hand-carried ultrasound performed by hospitalists: does it improve the cardiac physical examination? Am J Med. 2009 Jan;122(1):35-41. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.07.022.
Moore CL, Copel JA. Point-of-care ultrasonography. N Engl J Med. 2011 Feb 24;364(8):749-57. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra0909487. No abstract available.
Other Identifiers
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LH-2011-1
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id