Treatment of liver abscess by emergency doctors versus radiologists
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K750- Abscess of liver
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/04/065941
- Lead Sponsor
- ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES NEW DELHI
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients presenting with a diagnosis of liver abscess in the emergency department with an indication of urgent percutaneous drainage
Exclusion Criteria
Organised liver abscess or no urgent indication of emergency percutaneous drainage or thrombocytopenia or coagulopathy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ED length of stay (in hours)Timepoint: TILL DISCHARGED FROM EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Incidence of complications within the next weekTimepoint: Within the next 7 days of the procedure;Incidence of peri-procedure complications: abscess rupture, development of intraabdominal compartment syndrome or peritonitis, evidence of intraabdominal bleeding, continuous bleeding from the puncture site, hemodynamic instability, intractable coughs or hiccups, shortness of breath, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, lower gastrointestinal bleeding, pericardial effusion, and deathTimepoint: Within 6 hours of the procedure;Patients satisfactionTimepoint: during the emergency department stay;Time duration from the time of diagnosis of the liver abscess to percutaneous drainage timeTimepoint: Time of Diagnosis to Procedure;Total duration of catheter requirement for adequate treatment of liver abscessTimepoint: From insertion of catheter to removal of catheter