Contribution LUS in the Diagnosis of Acute Heart Failure (AHF) in Patients Admitted to the ED

Dyspnea; Cardiac Clinical Trial

Official title:

Contribution of Pulmonary Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Acute Heart Failure (AHF) in Patients Admitted to Emergency Department (ED) for Dyspnea

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03717779
• Other study ID #: Lung Ultra Sound (LUS)
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 2, 2016
• Est. completion date: October 1, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: January 2019
• Source: University of Monastir
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study assesses the potential of lung ultrasonography to diagnose heart failure.

Description:

Dyspnea is one of the most distressing situations for the patient . Emergency cases do not always present in conditions that are ideal for immediate diagnosis, which sometimes compromises outcome. Physical examination, laboratory findings and radiography are imperfect, resulting in a need for sophisticated test results that delay management.

Lung ultrasonography is becoming a standard tool in critical cases in the ED.

the investigators aim to perform ultrasonography on consecutive patients admitted to the ICU with dyspnea, comparing lung ultrasonography results on initial presentation with the final diagnosis by the ICU team.

Three items were assessed: artifacts (horizontal A lines or vertical B lines indicating interstitial syndrome), lung sliding, and alveolar consolidation and/or pleural effusion, these items were grouped to assess ultrasound profiles.

This study assesses the potential of lung ultrasonography to diagnose heart failure.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 600
• Est. completion date: October 1, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: October 1, 2017
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• non traumatic dyspnea with the final diagnosis of heart failure

Exclusion Criteria:

• coma,

• shock,Mechanical Ventilation,

• vasopressor drugs

• arrhythmia serious and sustained,

• non consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dyspnea
• Dyspnea; Cardiac
• Heart Failure

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• lung ultrasound
we perform a lung ultrasound to all the patients admitted for dyspnea independantly from the final diagnosis

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Tunisia	Emergency department of university hospital Fattouma Bourguiba of Monastir	Monastir

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Monastir

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Tunisia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	the accuracy of LUS in the diagnosis of heart failure	the accuracy of LUS in the diagnosis of heart failure measured by sensitivity ,specificity, and area under the roc curve	0 days

External Links

•   official department website