Emergency Department (ED) Bedside UltraSound & Satisfaction Trial (BUSS Trial): A Randomised Controlled Trial of Bedside Echocardiogram in patients with ‘low risk’ chest pain in the ED.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Chest pain; Patient satisfaction; Emergency medicine - Other emergency care

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621000717853
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Vijay Manivel

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-06-09
• Last Update Posted: 14 June 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 304

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria
- Age greater than or equal to 18 years
-History of chest pain on presentation to ED
-Non-Trauma related chest pain
-Low risk chest pain (no new ECG changes, negative troponins, Musculoskeletal chest pain, chest pain due to Upper GI pathology)

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria
-Age < 18
-Trauma related chest pain
-Critically ill patients requiring urgent cardiac interventions
-Unable to consent or provide satisfaction feedback (e.g due to language barrier, refusal to provide consent, intoxicated, cognitive impairment etc)
-Patients who receive a formal cardiac ultrasound from cardiovascular and ICU labs

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified