Pocket-size Ultrasound by Nurses in Cardiothoracic Post-operative Patients

NCT ID: NCT01847859

Last Updated: 2021-11-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

59 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-05-31

Study Completion Date

2013-12-31

Brief Summary

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The investigators aim to study the feasibility and reliability of pocket-size diagnostic ultrasound examinations performed by nurses of postoperative patients who have underwent cardiothoracic surgery in a cardiac unit.

Detailed Description

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Patient inclusion: Post-operative cardiothoracic surgery patients transferred to a cardiac unit. All such patients are eligible for inclusion if they consent to participate in the study. No other exclusion criteria other than not willing/able to give their consent. Only postoperative patients will be included.

Study population: Approximately 50 patients

Intervention: All participants will undergo careful medical history, physical examination and blood tests led by residents. All patients will routinely be examined with ultrasound by nurses trained in ultrasound examinations of the pleural space and the pericardium and a complete high-end echocardiography including assessment of both pleural cavities and the pericardial space will be performed in all by cardiologists.

Statistics and results: Feasibility and reliability will be studied.

Conditions

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Cardiothoracic Surgery

Keywords

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Cardiothoracic surgery Post-operative Nurses Cardiac Echocardiography Pocket-size Hand-held

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Ultrasound performed by nurses

Focused examination of the pleural and pericardial cavity. Cardiologists perform reference ultrasound examinations.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Ultrasound examination by nurses

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Focused examination of the pleural space and inferior vena cava.Reference method: Cardiologists performed ultrasound examinations.

Interventions

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Ultrasound examination by nurses

Focused examination of the pleural space and inferior vena cava.Reference method: Cardiologists performed ultrasound examinations.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Other Intervention Names

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Ultrasound

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Post-operative cardiothoracic patients admitted to the cardiac unit at the local hospital

Exclusion Criteria

* Not able or not willing to consent
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Norwegian University of Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Department of medicine, Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust

Levanger, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

References

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Graven T, Wahba A, Hammer AM, Sagen O, Olsen O, Skjetne K, Kleinau JO, Dalen H. Focused ultrasound of the pleural cavities and the pericardium by nurses after cardiac surgery. Scand Cardiovasc J. 2015 Feb;49(1):56-63. doi: 10.3109/14017431.2015.1009383. Epub 2015 Feb 6.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25611808 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Spl postop hjerte

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

LH-2013-2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id