The Role of Lung Ultrasound During Perioperative Evaluation

Lung Diseases Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparison of Lung Ultrasound Assessment and Chest Radiography During Perioperative Evaluation: a Prospective Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03111641
• Other study ID #: UPisa2017
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 2, 2017
• Last updated: September 28, 2017
• Start date: June 18, 2017
• Est. completion date: September 28, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: September 2017
• Source: University of Pisa
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Accurate pre-operative lung assessment is important to decide the most appropriate anesthesia plan. Until now, chest X-ray is considered the standard of care for lung assessment during perioperative evaluation. However, lung ultrasound is a rapid, simple, non-invasive, radiation-free imaging modality and can be used as an alternative to chest radiography for the diagnosis and follow-up of various lung diseases. Moreover, the decreased radiation exposure represents a considerable improvement in patient safety. Consequently, we decided to compare the data obtained from the lung ultrasound and the chest X-ray.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 90
• Est. completion date: September 28, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: August 1, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• adult patients undergoing elective general surgery;

• age >18 years;

• ability to provide written consent;

• use of Chest radiography during the preoperative evaluation.

Exclusion Criteria:

• age < than 18 year;

• pregnant patients;

• not use of Chest radiography during the preoperative evaluation.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Lung Diseases

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Lung ultrasonography
Lung ultrasound scan during preoperative anaesthesia consultation

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	University of Pisa	Pisa

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Pisa

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Performance comparison of lung ultrasonography and chest x-ray in the detection of pleural effusion, consolidation, alveolar- interstitial syndrome.	The primary objective of this project is to evaluate the possible correlation between the data obtained from the ultrasound scan and the data obtained from the chest X-ray.	during preoperative anaesthesia consultation