Feasibility of TEE During Cardiac Arrest in Dutch Emergency Departments
ConditionCardiac Arrest
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorFrisius Medisch Centrum
About this trial
The goal of this feasibility study is to learn if Dutch ED providers are able to use transesophageal echocardiography during cardiac arrest.
The main question it aims to answer is:
• are the ED providers able to determine the area of maximal compression of the heart using TEE
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients with cardiac arrest > 18 year in the emergency department.
Disqualifiers
Patients with known upper gastro-intestinal malignancy or strictures, previous upper gastro-intestinal surgery or radiation, or known esophageal varices.
Patient with a do-not-resuscitate order, pregnant patients and traumatic cardiac arrest.
No trained TEE provider available.
ROSC at arrival.
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE)
Diagnostic testTEE is a diagnostic modality in which an ultrasound probe is inserted via the oesophagus in order to visualize the heart.
Treatment groups
30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: TEE as POCUS modality.Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Area of maximal compression (AMC)
The percentage of patients in which providers are able to determine the location of the AMC during cardiac arrest.
Time frame
First 30 minutes of cardiac arrest treatment in the ED.Secondary outcomes
1
Location of AMC
The echographic location of the AMC, subcategorised as: left ventricle, left ventricular outflow tract/aortic root, other, not able to determine AMC
Time frame
First 30 minutes of cardiac arrest treatment in the ED.2
Accuracy of AMC
Accuracy of AMC defined as correlation between providers interpretation of AMC and reviewers interpretation of AMC
Time frame
First 30 minutes of cardiac arrest treatment in the ED.3
Safety of TEE
Incidence of complications of TEE
Time frame
First 30 minutes of cardiac arrest treatment in the ED.4
Intubation
Need for intubation for using TEE and duration of intubation
Time frame
First 30 minutes of cardiac arrest treatment in the ED.Sponsors and contacts
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Frisius Medisch Centrum
Lead sponsor
Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov