Is bedside ultrasound a valuable tool for diagnosing common fractures in emergency department patients?
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Healthy patients with/without fractures.Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12609000721202
- Lead Sponsor
- gee Wei Foo
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 500
Inclusion Criteria
Patient with suspected fractures involving the metacarpal, distal radius/ulnar, olecranon, body of ulnar, clavicle, metatarsal, distal tibia/fibula, patella, proximal fibula, mandible or sternum.
Exclusion Criteria
Patient unable to give own consent
Patients with unstable, compound (open) or suspected open fractures
Haemodynamically unstable patients requiring urgent medical intervention
Patients with fracture dislocations requiring immediate relocation to avoid neurovascular compromisation
Enrolling clinician has already reviewed Xrays and made diagnosis prior performing ultrasound for the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sensitivity of using ultrasound to diagnose fractures.[At completion of ultrasound scan and/or Xray/CT/MRI whichever is later.];Specificity of using ultrasound to diagnose fractures.[At completion of ultrasound scan and/or Xray/CT/MRI whichever is later.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine if time to correct diagnosis of the presence or absence of fracture can be reduced by the use of Ultrasound[At completion of ultrasound scan and/or Xray/CT/MRI whichever is later.]