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CompletedNCT02661607

Point of Care Echocardiography Versus Chest Radiography for the Assessment of Central Venous Catheter Placement

A Prospective Study to Compare Point of Care Echocardiography Versus Chest Radiography for the Assessment of Central Venous Catheter Placement in Critical Care Environments

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100 (actual)
Sponsor
University of Göttingen · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

A prospective study to compare the use of point of care echocardiography versus routine chest radiography for the assessment of central venous catheter placement.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDUREPoint of care echocardiographyPoint of echocardiography is performed after routine placement of central venous catheterization and compared with routine chest radiography
DEVICECentral venous catheter placementCentral venous catheter placement is performed as per local guidelines in critically ill patients
PROCEDUREChest radiographyRoutine chest radiography is performed after central venous catheter placement in critically ill patients

Timeline

Start date
2014-10-01
Primary completion
2016-01-01
Completion
2016-04-01
First posted
2016-01-22
Last updated
2019-07-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02661607. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.