BRIPPED Scan for Evaluation of Emergency Department (ED) Patients With Shortness of Breath

Completed

Conditions studied: Dyspnea

In brief

The B-RIPPED scan is a standardized ultrasound evaluation of pulmonary B-lines, Right ventricle size and strain, Inferior Vena Cava collapsibility, Pleural and Pericardial Effusion, Pneumothorax, Ejection Fraction, and lower extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis. Primary outcomes measured are the magnitude of change in differential diagnoses.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01662843

Run by

Eastern Virginia Medical School

People needed

104

Starts

2011-10-01

Expected to finish

2012-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-08-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 89. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects are included if they are between the ages of 18-89 and present to the Emergency Department with a chief complaint of shortness of breath or dyspnea.

You may not qualify if…

• known history of asthma,
• are 20 or more weeks pregnant, or
• have had thoraco-abdominal trauma in the past 72 hours.

Where it is running

• Sentara Norfolk General Emergency Department — Norfolk, Virginia, United States

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