POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASONOGRAPHY FOR MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE IN NURSING HOME RESIDENTS

Not Applicable

• Conditions: I50; Heart failure

• Registration Number: DRKS00012911
• Lead Sponsor: Faculty of Medicine, University of LjubljanaDepartment for family medicine

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-06-12
• Study Completion: 2019-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 203

Inclusion Criteria

For screening: nursing home resident in assigned nursing homes
For clinical trial: nursing home resident with heart failure in assigned nursing homes

Exclusion Criteria

1. A life expectancy less than 6 months for other reasons than HF, assessed by »surprise question«
2. Patients who will not sign informed consent or whose legal guardian will not sign informed consent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The observed outcome for primary observed events will be the time to exacerbation of HF, defined as a need for intravenous diuretics or a need for emergency or out-of-hours intervention or a need for unplanned hospitalization for non-injury causes.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
For secondary observed events, outcomes will be the time to whichever individual observed event, the change in quality of life and functional state after 6 months, number of days in hospital, out of hospital and death independent of the cause.