NCT04368338

Lung Ultrasound to Diagnose COVID-19

Use of Lung Ultrasound in Patients Suspected of COVID-19 Infection in the Emergency Room

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Covid-19 (English acronym meaning coronavirus disease 2019) is an emerging infectious disease caused by a strain of coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. The current pandemic has resulted in a significant number of admissions in the emergency room (ER) due to suspicion of COVID-19 infection. Use of lung ultrasound is standard practice to diagnose acute respiratory failure in ER. Recently, typical lung ultrasonographic characteristics of COVID-19 disease has been described. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of this tool could be of interest in order to allow an early, simple and reliable triage in patients with suspected COVID-19 infection admitted in ER. In addition, the visualization of early signs in specific areas could be a predictive marker of the severity of the disease. The objective of this project will be to study the association between the signs on lung ultrasound and the result of RT-PCR in patients with suspected COVID-19 infection in the ER.

Conditions

• Covid-19
• Lung Ultrasound
• Respiratory Complication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	COVID-19 RT-PCR	Polymerase chain reaction tests after reverse transcription for the detection of viral Covid-19 RNA (RT-PCR)
PROCEDURE	lung ultrasound	lung ultrasound is standard practice to diagnose acute respiratory failure in Emergency room

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-04-28
• Primary completion: 2021-01-28
• Completion: 2021-07-20
• First posted: 2020-04-29
• Last updated: 2021-07-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France