The Role of Lung Ultrasound During Perioperative Evaluation
- Conditions
- Lung Diseases
- Interventions
- Diagnostic Test: Lung ultrasonography
- Registration Number
- NCT03111641
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Pisa
- Brief Summary
Accurate pre-operative lung assessment is important to decide the most appropriate anesthesia plan. Until now, chest X-ray is considered the standard of care for lung assessment during perioperative evaluation. However, lung ultrasound is a rapid, simple, non-invasive, radiation-free imaging modality and can be used as an alternative to chest radiography for the diagnosis and follow-up of various lung diseases. Moreover, the decreased radiation exposure represents a considerable improvement in patient safety. Consequently, we decided to compare the data obtained from the lung ultrasound and the chest X-ray.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 90
- adult patients undergoing elective general surgery;
- age >18 years;
- ability to provide written consent;
- use of Chest radiography during the preoperative evaluation.
- age < than 18 year;
- pregnant patients;
- not use of Chest radiography during the preoperative evaluation.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Lung ultrasonography Lung ultrasonography -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Performance comparison of lung ultrasonography and chest x-ray in the detection of pleural effusion, consolidation, alveolar- interstitial syndrome. during preoperative anaesthesia consultation The primary objective of this project is to evaluate the possible correlation between the data obtained from the ultrasound scan and the data obtained from the chest X-ray.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Pisa
🇮🇹Pisa, Italy