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Diagnosis of Acute Obstructive Renal Failure by Clinical Ultrasound Performed by the Emergency Physician.

Completed
Conditions
Acute Kidney Failure
Interventions
Diagnostic Test: Emergency physician clinical ultrasound
Registration Number
NCT06190522
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Toulouse
Brief Summary

Acute renal failure is frequently diagnosed in the emergency room during a biological assessment. Its discovery requires determining the cause, which may be either functional, or obstructive. The obstructive cause is responsible for 10% of acute renal failure. It is recommended to start the exploration of this pathology with an ultrasound in search of an obstructive cause. However, ultrasound from the radiologist is not always available.

The realization of this ultrasound by the emergency physician would reduce the time to obtain the diagnosis and therefore the time of passage to the emergency room.

No study has yet been carried out to validate the performance of this ultrasound by the emergency physician in the case of acute renal failure.

This study would validate the diagnostic performance of this ultrasound technique in order to identify as quickly as possible patients with acute renal failure whose cause is obstructive.

Detailed Description

Acute renal failure is frequently diagnosed in the emergency room during a biological assessment. Its discovery requires determining the cause, which may be either functional, i.e. kidney dysfunction, or obstructive. The obstructive cause is responsible for 10% of acute renal failure. It is recommended to start the exploration of this pathology with an ultrasound in search of an obstructive cause. However, ultrasound from the radiologist is not always available.

The realization of this ultrasound by the emergency physician would reduce the time to obtain the diagnosis and therefore the time of passage to the emergency room.

No study has yet been carried out to validate the performance of this ultrasound by the emergency physician in the case of acute renal failure.

The aim of this research is to evaluate the performance of clinical ultrasound in the diagnosis of an obstructive cause of acute renal failure by the emergency physician.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
150
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients admitted to an emergency structure
  • Patients with acute renal failure (defined by an increase of 1.5 x the baseline serum creatinine value (known or expected according to age and sex))
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients unable to express their non-objection
  • Patients who have undergone a kidney transplant
  • Dialysis patients
  • Pregnant women

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Patients with acute renal failureEmergency physician clinical ultrasoundPatients receiving a clinical ultrasound by the on-site emergency physician trained in the technique
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Performance of clinical ultrasound diagnosis by the emergency physicianUp to 2 weeks

Performance (sensitivity and specificity) of the diagnosis of an obstructive cause of acute renal failure by emergency physicians performing clinical ultrasound

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU de Toulouse

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Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France

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