Role of Early Point of Care Ultrasound in Management of Sepsis in Emergency Department

NCT ID: NCT05849194

Last Updated: 2024-08-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-08-01

Study Completion Date

2024-07-31

Brief Summary

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Aim of the study is to determine the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound and to determine its role in sepsis management .

Detailed Description

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Two groups of patients will be studied one group will undergo POCUS examination and the other will not undergo POCUS examination then comparison between them will be done regarding accuracy of diagnosis and time taken to reach diagnosis.

Conditions

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Sepsis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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POCUS group

Group that will undergo POCUS examination

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

POCUS examination

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Point of care ultrasound examination

Control group

The group that will not undergo POCUS examination

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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POCUS examination

Point of care ultrasound examination

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult patients admitted to the Emergency Department (ED) of Alexandria Main University Hospital (AMUH) with sepsis.
* Patients presented with septic shock.

Exclusion Criteria

* Age less than 18
* Trauma patients.
* Pregnant females.
* Patients with terminal malignancy.
* Patients taking immunosuppressive drugs or chemotherapy.
Minimum Eligible Age

19 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

100 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Alexandria University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Alexandria main university hospital

Alexandria, , Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Egypt

Other Identifiers

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0201798

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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