Impact of Immediate Point-of-Care Ultrasound on Patients With Cardiopulmonary Symptoms in the Emergency Department

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Chest Pain, Dyspnea, Syncope, Hypotension

In brief

The purpose of the proposed research is to examine whether incorporating point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) early in diagnostic work-up of cardiopulmonary complaints will affect diagnosis, time to condition-specific intervention, and ultimately patient outcomes compared to usual care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02861508

Run by

Yale University

People needed

170

Starts

2016-07-01

Expected to finish

2018-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Chief complaint of chest pain, dyspnea (either sudden onset or increased severity of chronic dyspnea), syncope, or hypotension (systolic blood pressure <100 or shock index [heart rate divided by systolic blood pressure] >1)

You may not qualify if…

• <18 years old
• Prisoner or ward of the state
• Trauma
• High acuity requiring treatment in resuscitation room
• Obvious cause of symptoms (e.g. acute GI bleed causing hypotension)
• Any form of "do not resuscitate" (DNR) order
• Roomed in hall of emergency department (location not amenable to ultrasound protocol)

Where it is running

• Yale New Haven Hospital — New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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