NCT04905719

Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Primary Care

Reliability of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Examination in Primary Care Performed by a General Practitioner

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 600 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Emergency Medical Service of the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate reliability of Point-of-Care ultrasound evaluation performed by general practitioners.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate reliability of Point-of-Care ultrasound (POCUS) evaluation performed by general practitioners. General practitioners who underwent predefined training in POCUS will perform ultrasound examination in outpatients meeting inclusion criteria. While this is observational study, result will not have an impact on the management of the patients. Regardless of the POCUS examination, patients undergo a routine diagnostic process which is appropriate for the initial symptom. Imaging examinations will always be a part of this. This will serve as an expert control to evaluate the reliability of POCUS Each POCUS examination will also be recorded as a video loop, subsequently assessed by an expert in the POCUS and also used as an expert control. The data will be analyzed by standard reliability testing.

Conditions

• Ultrasound

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Ultrasound	Each patient included to the study will undergo Point-of-Care ultrasound testing specific for the area defined in the Groups section.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-06-10
• Primary completion: 2021-12-31
• Completion: 2022-06-30
• First posted: 2021-05-28
• Last updated: 2021-07-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Czechia