NCT04429698

The Effects of Point-of-care Ultrasonography

The Effects of Point-of-care Ultrasonography on the Dıagnosıs Process of Patıents Who Admıtted to Emergency Department: Randomised-Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 208 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sakarya University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Background: When used with standard diagnostic testing, point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) might improve the proportion of patients admitted with chest pain (CP) who are correctly diagnosed, decrease length of stay (LOS) in emergency department (ED) and costs. We therefore assessed POCUS for the heart, lungs, aortic, hepatobiliary and deep vein in addition to the usual initial diagnostic testing in this patient population. Methods: In a prospective, randomised-controlled, parallel-group trial in the ED at Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, patients (≥18 years) with CP were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to a standard diagnostic strategy (control group) or to standard diagnostic strategy supplemented with POCUS (POCUS group).

Conditions

• Chest Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Point of care ultrasonography	Point-of-care Ultrasonography is an imaging method performed with ultrasound aid to facilitate rapid diagnosis and interventions during emergency intervention.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-09-15
• Primary completion: 2019-01-15
• Completion: 2019-01-15
• First posted: 2020-06-12
• Last updated: 2020-06-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)