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NCT Number: NCT01331187

Influence of Routinely Adding Ultrasound Screening in Medical Department

Ultrasound (US) is widely used as a diagnostic tool in a hospital setting. In a medical department, diagnosis like heart failure or most kinds of heart diseases, hypervolemia, hypovolemia, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, ascites, diseases in the gall bladder/bile tract, urine tract and venous thrombosis are common. US is the key diagnostic tool in these diagnosis, and on early diagnosis is crucial with respect to the patients well-being and inpatients workflow.

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Heart Disease Aortic Disease Aortic Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Digestive System Diseases Dyspnea Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Heart Diseases Heart Failure Kidney Disease Kidney Diseases Liver Disease Liver Diseases Male Urogenital Diseases Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Respiration Disorders Respiratory Tract Diseases Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory Urogenital Diseases Urologic Diseases Vascular Diseases

Age range

16 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

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

Levanger, 7600, Norway

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients admitted to Dep. of Medicine at Levanger Hospital

Exclusion criteria

  • Not able to give informed consent

Treatment and study plan

Pocket-size ultrasonography

Procedure

Routinely adding a ultrasound examination of the heart, pleura, great abdominal vessels, liver/gall bladder and kidneys at patients admittance to hospital

Usual Care

Other

No intervention, except for usual care (goal-directed diagnostics)

Primary outcomes

  1. Time to definitive diagnosis

    Time frame: 3 months

    Time from admittance to definitive diagnosis

Secondary outcomes

  1. Test-retest reproducibility

    Time frame: 3 months

    Pocket-sized ultrasound recordings by residents will be validated against reference methods (echocardiography and radiologic examinations by sepcialists)to assess sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of pocket-size ultrasound.

  2. Diagnostic outcome of additional ultrasound examination according to educational level of the performer

    Time frame: 3 months

    Study the diagnostic outcome of ultrasound screening related to the educational level and skills of the user

  3. Time to definitive treatment

    Time frame: 3 months

    Time from admittance to definitive treatment

  4. Time to discharge

    Time frame: 3 months

    Time from patients admittance to discharge from hospital

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF

Other

Collaborators

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Registry information

Official study title

Influence on Diagnostics and Inpatient Workflow of Routinely Adding Ultrasound Screening by Pocket-size Ultrasound in a Medical Department

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Apr 7, 2011
Registry last updated
Nov 9, 2021

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