NCT03111641

The Role of Lung Ultrasound During Perioperative Evaluation

Comparison of Lung Ultrasound Assessment and Chest Radiography During Perioperative Evaluation: a Prospective Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pisa · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Accurate pre-operative lung assessment is important to decide the most appropriate anesthesia plan. Until now, chest X-ray is considered the standard of care for lung assessment during perioperative evaluation. However, lung ultrasound is a rapid, simple, non-invasive, radiation-free imaging modality and can be used as an alternative to chest radiography for the diagnosis and follow-up of various lung diseases. Moreover, the decreased radiation exposure represents a considerable improvement in patient safety. Consequently, we decided to compare the data obtained from the lung ultrasound and the chest X-ray.

Conditions

• Lung Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Lung ultrasonography	Lung ultrasound scan during preoperative anaesthesia consultation

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-06-18
• Primary completion: 2017-08-01
• Completion: 2017-09-28
• First posted: 2017-04-13
• Last updated: 2017-09-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy