The use of a point-of-care thoracic ultrasound protocol for hospital medical emergency teams

Completed

• Conditions: clinical deterioration; 10019280; 10014623; 10024970

• Registration Number: NL-OMON44388
• Lead Sponsor: Rijnstate Ziekenhuis

Brief Summary

Trial ended prematurely

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2020-05-11
• Results First Posted: 2021-05-10
• Last Update Posted: 28 February 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

patients on the general wards in need treatment by the MET team

Exclusion Criteria

age < 18 years
pregnancy
acute illness requiring direct intervention (e.g. intubation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Concordance between MET diagnosis with and without the use of ultrasound with<br /><br>the chart review definitive diagnosis will be studied. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>• Possible difference in diagnostic certainty<br /><br>• Possible differences in initial treatment<br /><br>• Possible differences in patients* disposition<br /><br>• Whether the use of ultrasound was considered to be helpful<br /><br>• MET physicians characteristics<br /><br>• Possible difference in the time needed to reach a diagnosis<br /><br>• Possible difference in the need for supervisor attendance<br /><br>• Number of times ultrasound was used in te *non-ultrasound weeks*</p><br>