Diagnostic utility of chest ultrasound in bedridden patients with pneumonia: a prospective observation study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Patients hospitalized for pneumonia with worse performance status (grade 3 or 4defined by The Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group)
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000008755
- Lead Sponsor
- Respiratory Medicine, Tenshindo Hetsugi Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 64
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1) Patients <18 years old, or patients who have impaired consciousness and also have no surrogate decision-maker, are excluded. 2) Patients, who are complicated by progressive underlying lung diseases such as acid fast bacilli and/or fungi infection or malignancy, are excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Diagnostic value for pnaumonia
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method