A Simple Clinical Tool to Help Assess Patient Volume (Fluid) Status

Completed

Conditions studied: Sepsis

In brief

Patients may have actual or relative intravascular volume depletion in a number of different disease states, particularly with sepsis syndrome. However, it is clinically difficult to determine volume status without invasive monitoring, which may cause unintended complications. Our hypothesis is that we can accurately estimate central venous pressure, which is a surrogate marker of volume status, with a noninvasive portable ultrasound device.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00599794

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

84

Starts

2006-01-01

Expected to finish

2008-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-01-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 or older.
• Healthy, euvolemic volunteers and critically ill patients who are already in an intensive care unit and who will have a central venous catheter placed as part of their planned medical treatment.

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to use ultrasound to measure jugular vein (neck brace or bandage), "code" situation.

Where it is running

• Abbott Northwestern Hospital — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• Mayo Clinic — Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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