Echocardiographic Examination Performed by Nurses in Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Withdrawn

• Conditions: Heart Failure; Myocardial Infarction; Pleural Effusion
• Interventions: Procedure: Ultrasound performed

• Registration Number: NCT00886548
• Lead Sponsor: Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is:

* To study the clinical usefulness of nurse-performed ultrasound and echocardiographic examinations in a cardiac intensive care unit.

* To study reproducibility of nurse-performed ultrasound and echocardiographic examinations in a cardiac intensive care unit.

* To study which ultrasound measure that best correlate with the amount of pleural effusion.

Detailed Description

For a period of 1 year patients in our cardiac intensive care unit will be recruited to nurse-drive ultrasound and echocardiographic examinations, after informed consent. Nurses underwent a training programme and their skills are approved by cardiologist. Our department does not always have a cardiologist on duty and indication for nurse-driven ultrasound examination is decided by the doctor responsible for the treatment, who not always are trained in echocardiography/ultrasound. We aim to study the described hypothesis.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-04
• Study First Submitted: 2009-04-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-04-22
• Study First Posted: 2009-04-23
• Primary Completion: 2010-05
• Study Completion: 2010-05
• Status Verified: 2021-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-11-05
• Last Update Posted: 2021-11-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN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

Inclusion Criteria

• Patient at Cardiac intensive care unit, Levanger Hospital
• Doctor responsible for treatment finds echocardiographic/ultrasound examination indicated.

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Ultrasound performed	Ultrasound performed	Single arm study.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change of diagnosis	6-12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change of treatment	6-12 months
Quantification of pleural effusion	6-12 months
Reproducibility of nurse-performed examinations	6-12 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Medicine, Hospital of Levanger; 🇳🇴 Levanger, Norway