Sonographic Assessment and Visualization of Ectopics in Emergency Medicine
- Conditions
- Ectopic Pregnancy
- Interventions
- Device: Pelvic Ultrasound
- Registration Number
- NCT01322958
- Lead Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
- Brief Summary
Observational study of the use of ultrasound by emergency physicians in the evaluation of patients at risk of ectopic pregnancy.
- Detailed Description
Emergency Physicians who have undergone training according to the American College of Emergency Physicians Guidelines will be evaluated in the accuracy of performing pelvic ultrasounds among patients at risk for ectopic pregnancy.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 600
- pregnant females in 1st trimester
- present to emergency department
- complaint of abdominal/pelvic pain or vaginal bleeding
- previous ultrasound diagnostic of location of pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description At Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy Pelvic Ultrasound Women who present to the emergency department at UCSF who are at risk of ectopic pregnancy.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Clinical outcome of the pregnancy 8 weeks To measure the outcome of the study, we will base our results on Sensitivity and Specificity.
Sensitivity which relates to the number of positive results defined as no intrauterine pregnancies, ectopic pregnancy compared to the Radiologic Gold standard ultrasound which provides us 100% sensitivity. The goal is to reach a sensitivity of (\>95%) by our ED physicians.
Specificity which will be defined as the number of negative studies identified as intrauterine pregnancies compared to the results of the Gold standard radiology ultrasound and by telephone follow up.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of California
🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States