Pocket-size Ultrasound by Nurses in Cardiothoracic Post-operative Patients

Cardiothoracic Surgery Clinical Trial

Official title:

Feasibility and Reliability of Routine Ultrasound Examination Performed by Nurses in Cardiothoracic Post-operative Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01847859
• Other study ID #: LH-2013-2
• Secondary ID: Spl postop hjert
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2013
• Est. completion date: December 2013

Study information

• Verified date: November 2021
• Source: Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators aim to study the feasibility and reliability of pocket-size diagnostic ultrasound examinations performed by nurses of postoperative patients who have underwent cardiothoracic surgery in a cardiac unit.

Description:

Patient inclusion: Post-operative cardiothoracic surgery patients transferred to a cardiac unit. All such patients are eligible for inclusion if they consent to participate in the study. No other exclusion criteria other than not willing/able to give their consent. Only postoperative patients will be included.

Study population: Approximately 50 patients

Intervention: All participants will undergo careful medical history, physical examination and blood tests led by residents. All patients will routinely be examined with ultrasound by nurses trained in ultrasound examinations of the pleural space and the pericardium and a complete high-end echocardiography including assessment of both pleural cavities and the pericardial space will be performed in all by cardiologists.

Statistics and results: Feasibility and reliability will be studied.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 59
• Est. completion date: December 2013
• Est. primary completion date: December 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Post-operative cardiothoracic patients admitted to the cardiac unit at the local hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not able or not willing to consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiothoracic Surgery

Intervention

Procedure:
• Ultrasound examination by nurses
Focused examination of the pleural space and inferior vena cava.Reference method: Cardiologists performed ultrasound examinations.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Department of medicine, Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust	Levanger

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF	Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Clinical impact	Clinical influence of detection/assessment of pleural and pericardial effusion by ultrasound.	0 days and 30 days
Primary	Feasibility and reliability	Feasibility: Proportion of patients where the pleural and pericardial cavitis can be assessed and interpreted by ultrasound performed by nurses compared with cardiologists.	0 days
Primary	Reliability	Validation of ultrasound examinations and interpretation of the pleural and pericardial cavities by nurses compared with cardiologists as reference.	0 days
Secondary	Time use	Comparison of the time use of ultrasound examinations of the pleural and pericardial cavities when examinations are performed by nurses and cardiologists, respectively.	0 days