Evaluation of Ultrasound of the Heart in Patients With Low Blood Pressure

Cardiopulmonary Failure Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluating Critical Care Echocardiography in Patients With Cardiopulmonary Failure at the Time of Presentation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01723176
• Other study ID #: 11-408A
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 1, 2012
• Last updated: September 24, 2015
• Start date: December 2012
• Est. completion date: May 2013

Study information

• Verified date: September 2015
• Source: Northwell Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Hypothesis: Goal-directed echocardiography by trained critical care physicians is equivalent to that of echocardiography technicians/cardiologists for the purpose of determining etiology (reason) of cardiopulmonary failure.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: May 2013
• Est. primary completion date: May 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who present to the medical intensive care unit with cardiopulmonary failure

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiopulmonary Failure

Intervention

Procedure:
• Echocardiography

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Long Island Jewish Medical Center	New Hyde Park	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Northwell Health

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Right ventricle dysfunction	Will presence of RV dysfunction with critical care physicians versus echo techs/cardiologists be concordant in our population?	within 4 hrs of ICU admission	No
Primary	Assessment of left ventricular function	Will the assessment of left ventricular function by critical care physicians and echo techs be concordant?	within four hours of ICU admission	No
Secondary	Presence of Pericardial Effusion and Severity	Will the presence of pericardial effusion and severity from critical care physicians and echo techs be concordant?	within 4 hrs of ICU admission	No