Echo Detection of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Air Embolus

Completed

Conditions studied: Air Embolism as A Complication of Medical Care

In brief

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is an endoscopy technique to visualize and evaluate the pancreatic and biliary systems. It has been reported that rare instances of air embolus have been found associated with the performance of an ERCP and many of these events are fatal. It is our proposal to use transthoracic echocardiography to continuously evaluate for the presence of intra-cardiac air secondary to ERCP venous air embolism and attempt to quantify the incidence of this complication and any potential patient factors that might increase the risk of this complication.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01535248

Run by

University of Nebraska

People needed

17

Starts

2012-03-07

Expected to finish

2015-12-30

Last updated by the study team

2023-09-06

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subject is undergoing ERCP as part of their medical care
• Subject will be of age 19 or older

You may not qualify if…

• Subject positioning for the ERCP is prone, thereby inhibiting the performance of the TTE
• Subject intolerance of the pressure of the TTE probe
• Subject body habitus interferes with obtaining adequate images to assess for intra-cardiac air

Where it is running

• Unversity of Nebraska Medical Center — Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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