Chest Ultrasound of ER Patients With Cough or SOB

Dyspnea Clinical Trial

Official title:

Prospective Evaluation With Ultrasound of Emergency Department Patients Presenting With Cough or Dyspnea

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02269761
• Other study ID #: 47935
• Status: Terminated
• Start date: September 2014
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: March 2023
• Source: University of Washington
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Acute dyspnea (shortness of breath) is a common complaint for patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED). The chest radiograph (CXR) has been the mainstay in evaluating patients with shortness of breath and often provides the timely diagnosis of pneumonia, pneumothorax, pulmonary edema, among other primary diseases of the lung. There are limitations with chest radiograph such as large body mass (e.g, obesity) and patient positioning. On occasion, chest radiography findings are difficult to interpret. Lung ultrasonography may offer a means of clarifying ambiguous results.

The objective of this study to determine the usefulness of point of care lung ultrasound in evaluating patients presenting to the ED with shortness of breath, cough and/or wheezing.

Description:

Acute dyspnea (shortness of breath) is a common complaint for patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED). The chest radiograph (CXR) has been the mainstay in evaluating patients with shortness of breath and often provides the timely diagnosis of pneumonia, pneumothorax, pulmonary edema, among other primary diseases of the lung. There are limitations with chest radiograph such as large body mass (e.g, obesity) and patient positioning. On occasion, chest radiography findings are difficult to interpret. Lung ultrasonography may offer a means of clarifying ambiguous results. Advantages of ultrasound include real-time immediate evaluation, it is non-invasive and does not use radiation.

The investigators seek to perform a prospective evaluation of patients presenting to the University of Washington Medical Center ED for cough, wheezing and/or shortness of breath.

The objective of this study to determine the usefulness of point of care lung ultrasound in evaluating patients presenting to the ED with shortness of breath, cough and/or wheezing.

The specific aim of this study is to further define the utility of point-of-care ultrasound in the evaluation of emergency department patients presenting with cough, wheezing and/or shortness of breath. The investigators will compare ultrasound results to radiograph and tomography results when available, and to the physicians initial impression.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: December 1, 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Presenting to the Emergency Department with cough, wheezing and/or dyspnea (shortness of breath)

• Referred for CXR and/or CT scan

Exclusion Criteria:

• Life threatening medical condition requiring immediate treatment

• Unable to sit up for a chest ultrasound

• Unable to consent

• Pregnant

• Unable to speak, read and write in English

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cough
• Dyspnea
• Respiratory Sounds
• Wheezing

Intervention

Device:
• Nuvis Diagnostic Ultrasound System
Ultrasound of the chest

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Washington Medical Center	Seattle	Washington

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Washington	Philips Healthcare

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	B-lines on chest ultrasound as a predictor of pulmonary edema and/or pneumonia	Results from the study ultrasound will be correlated with other imaging results and the emergency physicians initial impression.	Up to 1 week