Can the Thoracic Replace the Conventional Radiography for the Diagnosis of Acute Pneumonia in Children?

Not Applicable

Withdrawn

• Conditions: Pneumonia
• Interventions: Other: Thoracic ultrasound; Other: CXR

• Registration Number: NCT02781363
• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya

Brief Summary

The Thoracic ultrasound is a safer and sensitive technique than conventional radiography because it detects less than 1 cm pneumonic consolidations and minimal pleural effusions. The main objective is to evaluate the efficacy of thoracic ultrasound performed by unskilled personnel in the emergency service prdiatricas to diagnose pneumonia in children.

Detailed Description

Diagnostic test evaluation.The sample collected sequentially until an exact size . Given the safety of the technique, which involves no risk to patient management and the possibility of generating a type II error by premature study discontinuation , we have no plans to make any interim analyzes .

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2016-04-30
• Study First Submitted: 2016-05-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-05-23
• Study First Posted: 2016-05-24
• Study Completion: 2016-06-01
• Status Verified: 2022-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-08-09
• Last Update Posted: 2022-08-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN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

Inclusion Criteria

• fever above 38 degrees
• tachypnea
• Difficulty breathing
• Side tip pain
• pathological auscultation

Exclusion Criteria

• < 3 months> 14 years
• Background of Prematurity
• Rewalizados imaging studies in the last 7 days
• Any chronic respiratory process
• congenital heart diseases
• hemodynamic instability
• Diagnosis of pneumonia in the last 3 months
• Refusal of relatives to participate in the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Candidates patients chest X-ray with pneumonia	CXR	thoracic sonography CXR Clinical control 48h
Candidates patients chest X-ray with pneumonia	Thoracic ultrasound	thoracic sonography CXR Clinical control 48h
Candidates patients chest X-ray without pneumonia	Thoracic ultrasound	thoracic sonography CXR Clinical control 48h
Candidates patients chest X-ray without pneumonia	CXR	thoracic sonography CXR Clinical control 48h

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
coincidence between the ultrasound image and conventional radiography	1 day	images compatible with pneumonic consolidations in sonography and radiography . Coincidence between evaluators

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
additional workload	1 day	Time (minutes) between the test requested and the results are obtained for both diagnostic tests

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospital UNiversitari General de Catalunya; 🇪🇸 Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain