Validity of pulsatile flow assessment by carotid artery ultrasound

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• Conditions: cardiac arrest; Emergency medicine - Resuscitation

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000904178
• Lead Sponsor: St George Hospital, Kogarah

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-06-27
• Study Completion: 2020-05-13
• Last Update Posted: 13 March 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Stopped early
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 29

Inclusion Criteria

There will be two groups of participants:

1.Carotid ultrasound participants. These participants will be from consenting cardiac surgery volunteers. All cardiac surgery patients who will be placed on bypass during their surgery, including valve replacement or coronary artery bypass grafts. Age > 18. Ability to offer informed consent.

2.Critical care physician readers. These participants will be consenting volunteer critical care physicians who will be asked to review a maximum of 30 of the carotid ultrasound video clips. Any post-graduate critical care physician who uses ultrasound in their clinical practice, whether for focussed echocardiography, central line placement or trauma assessment.

Exclusion Criteria

Cardiac surgery participants: Previous surgery involving the great blood vessels including aorta or carotid arteries. Patients who the cardiac surgeon considers to be inappropriate due to a high surgical risk, patients with an intra-aortic balloon pump, and patients with known carotid artery stenosis.

Critical care physician readers: No previous experience with ultrasound.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified