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

Withdrawn

• Conditions: Cardiopulmonary Failure
• Interventions: Procedure: Echocardiography

• Registration Number: NCT01723176
• Lead Sponsor: Northwell Health

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2012-11-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-11-05
• Study First Posted: 2012-11-07
• Study Start: 2012-12
• Primary Completion: 2013-05
• Study Completion: 2013-05
• Status Verified: 2015-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-09-24
• Last Update Posted: 2015-09-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients in Cardiopulmonary Failure	Echocardiography	patients in cardiopulmonary failure

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Assessment of left ventricular function	within four hours of ICU admission	Will the assessment of left ventricular function by critical care physicians and echo techs be concordant?

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Presence of Pericardial Effusion and Severity	within 4 hrs of ICU admission	Will the presence of pericardial effusion and severity from critical care physicians and echo techs be concordant?

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Long Island Jewish Medical Center; 🇺🇸 New Hyde Park, New York, United States