Pocket-size Ultrasound by Nurses in Cardiothoracic Post-operative Patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Interventions: Procedure: Ultrasound examination by nurses

• Registration Number: NCT01847859
• Lead Sponsor: Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF

Brief Summary

The investigators aim to study the feasibility and reliability of pocket-size diagnostic ultrasound examinations performed by nurses of postoperative patients who have underwent cardiothoracic surgery in a cardiac unit.

Detailed Description

Patient inclusion: Post-operative cardiothoracic surgery patients transferred to a cardiac unit. All such patients are eligible for inclusion if they consent to participate in the study. No other exclusion criteria other than not willing/able to give their consent. Only postoperative patients will be included.

Study population: Approximately 50 patients

Intervention: All participants will undergo careful medical history, physical examination and blood tests led by residents. All patients will routinely be examined with ultrasound by nurses trained in ultrasound examinations of the pleural space and the pericardium and a complete high-end echocardiography including assessment of both pleural cavities and the pericardial space will be performed in all by cardiologists.

Statistics and results: Feasibility and reliability will be studied.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-05
• Study First Submitted: 2013-05-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-05-06
• Study First Posted: 2013-05-07
• Primary Completion: 2013-12
• Study Completion: 2013-12
• Status Verified: 2021-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-11-05
• Last Update Posted: 2021-11-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 59

Inclusion Criteria

• Post-operative cardiothoracic patients admitted to the cardiac unit at the local hospital

Exclusion Criteria

• Not able or not willing to consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Ultrasound performed by nurses	Ultrasound examination by nurses	Focused examination of the pleural and pericardial cavity. Cardiologists perform reference ultrasound examinations.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reliability	0 days	Validation of ultrasound examinations and interpretation of the pleural and pericardial cavities by nurses compared with cardiologists as reference.
Feasibility and reliability	0 days	Feasibility: Proportion of patients where the pleural and pericardial cavitis can be assessed and interpreted by ultrasound performed by nurses compared with cardiologists.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time use	0 days	Comparison of the time use of ultrasound examinations of the pleural and pericardial cavities when examinations are performed by nurses and cardiologists, respectively.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of medicine, Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust; 🇳🇴 Levanger, Norway