Vibration Response Imaging (VRI) in Dyspnea Patients Presenting to the ED
Status unconfirmed
Conditions studied: Dyspnea
In brief
For the patient with acute dyspnea in the ED, early differentiation between CHF and non-CHF causes is essential for proper management. The capacity to triage patients quickly and accurately has a beneficial impact upon outcome, disposition, stratification and length of stay in the ED and required length of hospital admission. The ability to assess pulmonary status rapidly by quantitative regional vibration technology offers significant potential advantage for earlier diagnosis. The VRI technique may provide a quick and accurate method of differentiating between dyspnea due to HF and dyspnea due to pulmonary causes; thereby improving management and outcomes.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01206621
- Run by
- Deep Breeze
- People needed
- 530
- Starts
- 2010-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2011-05-13
Who can join
Age: 41 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Able and willing to provide Informed Consent;
- >40 years of age;
- Estimated Body Mass Index >19;
- Patient presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of acute dyspnea.
You may not qualify if…
- Patients with obvious trauma or acute anxiety as a cause of dyspnea;
- Patient has already received directed therapy in the ED and symptoms are remarkably improved;
- Physician concern regarding possible harm to patient caused by positioning or ambulating the patient for VRI testing;
- Intubated or mechanically ventilated;
- Acute hemodynamic or ventilator instability requiring immediate resuscitation;
- Body habitus or skin condition that might prevent the placement of the sound sensors on the back (e.g. severe scoliosis, kyphosis, chest wall deformation, skin lesion on the back or compression fracture);
- Hirsutism.
Where it is running
- Christiana Care Health System — Newark, Delaware, United States (enrolling)
- Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center — The Bronx, New York, United States (enrolling)
- Metrohealth Medical Center — Cleveland, Ohio, United States (enrolling)
- Pennsylvania Hospital — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States (enrolling)
- University of Nevada School of Medicine — Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, Texas, United States
- Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center — Petah Tikva, Israel
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