LUng and Cardiac Ultrasound for REspiratory Distress in ElDerly
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65+
SponsorUniversity Hospital, Toulouse
About this trial
Prospective trial to evaluate the impact on the initial therapeutic inadequacy of a management strategy for acute dyspnea in the elderly based on the use of lung and cardiac ultrasonography.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
None
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
diagnostic strategy based on lung and cardiac ultrasonography
Diagnostic testcardiopulmonary ultrasound performed by the emergency physician, immediately at patient's bed
Treatment groups
504 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: clinical ultrasoundExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: standard careNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
therapeutic inadequacy
therapeutic inadequacy between initiated emergency treatments and the final diagnosis made by expert opinion
Time frame
Hour 1Secondary outcomes
1
correct diagnosis
correct diagnosis at the emergency department discharge (compared with final diagnosis made by expert opinion)
Time frame
emergency department discharge (up to hour 4)2
duration of emergency department stay
duration in emergency department (in hours)
Time frame
emergency department discharge (up to hour 4)3
Post-emergency hospital stay
duration in Post-emergency hospital department: in medicine/surgery/obstetrics or follow-up and rehabilitation care (in days)
Time frame
Day 304
Number of days alive outside hospital between D0 and D30
Number of days alive outside hospital between D0 and D30
Time frame
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov