DVT Ultrasound in the Emergency Department

Completed

Conditions studied: Deep Vein Thrombosis, DVT

In brief

Emergency Medicine (EM) Residents routinely conduct bedside ultrasound exams in the Emergency Department (ED) employing the two point compression method. This study endeavors to investigate the accuracy and utility of bedside ultrasound for Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) in the ED by EM Residents by comparing the results of that exam against the gold standard of a DVT ultrasound performed in the Radiology Department and interpreted by a Radiologist.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02369263

Run by

Emergency Medicine Physicians, Nevada

People needed

288

Starts

2013-05-01

Expected to finish

2014-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-02-23

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 or older
• Suspect of having DVT

You may not qualify if…

• Known DVT
• DVT with in previous 6 months
• DVT Ultrasound within the last 6 months

Where it is running

• University Medical Center of Southern Nevada — Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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