Clinical Impact of Lung Ultrasound Monitoring for Diagnosis of VAP

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The study evaluates whether lung ultrasound monitoring could lead to earlier detection of ventilator associated pneumonia and influence outcome. Half of the participants will be diagnosed with VAP using a combination of lung ultrasound and clinical features and half will be diagnosed using the Johanson criteria, which is a combination of clinical features and chest x-ray.

Clinical Trial Description

The current guidelines recommend the use of chest x-ray or computed tomography of the chest to aid in the diagnosis of VAP. However many studies have shown that chest x-ray is neither very sensitive nor specific for pneumonia, and computed tomography, though has the highest diagnostic accuracy, is not routinely performed due to logistics, safety concerns, economics and radiation exposure.

Emerging studies including meta-analyses have shown high sensitivity and specificity of lung ultrasound in diagnosing pneumonia. When combined with clinical and microbiological features it has shown to be helpful in early diagnosis of VAP, but a study to show whether such early detection improves outcome is lacking. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03917888
Study type	Interventional
Source	Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute Of Medicine.
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	September 10, 2017
Completion date	August 10, 2018

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