Ultrasound in Acute Dyspnea in the Field

Acute heart failure is one of the main causes of acute respiratory distres in prehospital emergency setting. The early and correct diagnosis is important because the misdiagnosis can result in deleterious consequeance to patients. Rapid bedside tests (like NT-proBNP) and point-of-care lung ultrasound could be useful methods in field. This study confirmed that the combination of ultrasound sign in combination with rapid NT-proBNP test has a hibh diagnostic accuracy in differentiating between cardiac and pulmonray causes of acute dyspnea in the field and the tretament possibilities in clinical obscure cases are mainly improved.

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Key information

Conditions

Heart Failure Asthma Bronchial Diseases COPD Cardiovascular Diseases Chronic Disease Disease Attributes Heart Diseases Hypersensitivity Hypersensitivity, Immediate Immune System Diseases Lung Diseases Lung Diseases, Obstructive Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Respiratory Hypersensitivity Respiratory Tract Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Center for Emergency Medicine maribor

Maribor, 2000, Slovenia

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criterion for the study was shortness of breath as the primary complaint (defined as either the sudden onset of dyspnea without history of chronic dyspnea or an increase in the severity of chronic dyspnea).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria were age <18 years, history of renal insufficiency, trauma, severe coronary ischemia (unless patient's predominant presentation was dyspnea), and other causes of dyspnea: pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, carcinoma, pneumothorax, pleural effusion, intoxications (drugs), anaphylactic reactions, upper airway obstruction, bronchial stenosis, and gastroesophageal reflux disorder

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Medical Centre Maribor

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Registry information

Official study title

Combination of Lung Ultrasound(a Comet-tail Sign) and N-terminal Pro-brain Natriuretic Paptide in Differentiating Acute Dyspnea in Prehospital Emergency Setting

Important dates

Study start: 2007
Primary completion: 2010
Study completion: 2010
First posted: Nov 5, 2010
Registry last updated: Nov 5, 2010

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