NCT04223297

Blue Protocol Assessment

Interest Assessment of the Blue Protocol in Improving Diagnosis of Dyspneic Patients in Pre- and Intra-hospital Emergency Medicine

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 115 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Acute dyspnea is a common disease in emergency medicine. Mortality remains high is estimated at 15%. One third of initial diagnoses before paraclinical examination are estimated to be inaccurate. Lung ultrasound is a quick and immediate examination. Also, it is provided and performed at the bedside. The " Blue protocol " was designed by Daniel A. Lichtenstein as a diagnostic aid in dyspneic patients. It allows to obtain a diagnostic in more than 90% of acute dyspnea. However there is no validation in emergency medicine. The main purpose is to evaluate the interest of the " Blue protocol "in the management and orientation of the dyspneic patient

Conditions

• Dyspnea
• Emergencies

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	lung ultrasound	The lung ultrasound will be performed by following the " Blue protocol "

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-01
• Primary completion: 2020-09-01
• Completion: 2020-09-01
• First posted: 2020-01-10
• Last updated: 2023-01-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France