NCT02638350

Performance Evaluation of Clinical Ultrasound in Management of Acute Pulmonary Edema in Elderly Patient

Performance Evaluation of Clinical Ultrasound in Management of Acute Pulmonary Edema in Elderly Patient Over 65 Years, Admitted to a Host of Vital Emergency Services

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 123 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Toulouse · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main objective is to assess the validation of the diagnosis early acute pulmonary edema in elderly patients with acute respiratory distress, admitted in a host of vital emergency services by lung ultrasound associated with the measurement of the inferior vena cava.

Conditions

• Pulmonary Edema
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Strategy with lung ultrasound	Each patient admitted for suspicion of acute lung edema will be treated according to the protocol of the emergency department. Another doctor will independently do a lung ultrasound and measurement of the inferior vena cava. The ultrasound results are not made available to the doctor in charge of the patient. At the end of the study, all the files will be analyzed by a independent committee, blinded ultrasound results for the final diagnosis of acute pulmonary edema.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-12-07
• Primary completion: 2019-03-21
• Completion: 2019-03-21
• First posted: 2015-12-23
• Last updated: 2019-06-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France