Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism

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Conditions studied: Pulmonary Embolism

In brief

This study is an observational, prospective study examining the role point-of-care echocardiography of predicting short term adverse outcomes in emergency department patients with acute pulmonary embolism. The primary objective is to assess the diagnostic performance of ultrasound-guided measures of right ventricular dilation (RVD) and strain in predicting clinical outcomes in acute PE. The secondary objective is to investigate the utility of combining ultrasound-guided measures of RVD and the pulmonary embolism severity index (PESI) score in predicting adverse outcomes in acute PE.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05050617

Run by

WellSpan Health

People needed

250

Starts

2021-09-09

Expected to finish

2026-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-03

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age >= 18 years of age
• ED diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism with identification on CT imaging

You may not qualify if…

• Age <18 years of age
• Inability to provide informed consent
• Incarceration
• Current PE previously diagnosed prior to index ED visit

Where it is running

• Wellspan York Hospital — York, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)

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