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Low-Risk Chest Pain Echo Study

Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Chest Pain
Registration Number
NCT05785923
Lead Sponsor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Brief Summary

Pilot study to assess if a bedside point-of-care echocardiogram performed on emergency department patients identified as low-risk chest pain prior to discharge significantly changes patient disposition or follow up instructions.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
70
Inclusion Criteria
  • Adults presenting to the emergency department with an isolated chief complaint of chest pain with a HEART score of 3 or less
  • Emergency physician of record has decided to discharge this patient from the Emergency Department
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients who are unable to consent for themselves
  • History of cardiac transplant or LVAD
  • Pediatric patients
  • Patients presenting with multiple complaints in addition to chest pain
  • Echocardiogram already performed on patient during usual care
  • Patients with another non-cardiac admittable diagnosis
  • HEART score greater than or equal to 4

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
DispositionDay of enrollment

Will assess if the result of the point-of-care echocardiogram resulted in the physician of record changing subject disposition from discharge to admission. We will assess this by asking the physician of record what the disposition plan is for the patient and recording their answer on IRB approved data collection sheet.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Follow up instructionsday of enrollment

Will assess if the result of the point-of-care echocardiogram changed the follow up instructions or discharge medication decision for the enrolled subject as determined by the physician of record by asking them if the echo results caused them to add any additional discharge instructions for the patient. We will record their answer on the IRB approved data collection sheet.

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