Clinical trials: POCUS
Medical Education, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Video-Based Versus Bedside eFAST Training in Final-Year Medical Students
This study compared two methods of teaching the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (eFAST) examination to final-year medical students.
- Conditions
- Medical Education, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), eFast
- Trial name
- NCT07790497
- Testing
- Standardized Video-Based eFAST Training, Instructor-Led Bedside eFAST Training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gorkem Alper Solakoglu
Gastric Emptying, Preoperative Risk Assessment
Stomach Processing and Emptying Evaluation With Diet and Ultrasound
Gastric content is a key risk factor for aspiration during anesthesia. Although standard fasting times are recommended, various factors-including GLP-1 receptor agonists,-can delay gastric emptying.
- Conditions
- Gastric Emptying, Preoperative Risk Assessment, Healthy Volunteer Study
- Trial name
- SPEED-US (NCT06988397)
- Testing
- Physical activity after different type of meals
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Warsaw
Acute Heart Failure (AHF), Fluid Over-load
Training Medical Residents in the Use of the Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) Score for Bedside Volume Assessment.
This randomized controlled trial evaluates the effectiveness of two training approaches (in-person versus remote) for teaching medical residents to apply the Venous Excess Ultrasound (VExUS) score for bedside volume assessment in…
- Conditions
- Acute Heart Failure (AHF), Fluid Over-load, Congestion, Congestion, Venous
- Trial name
- NCT07541768
- Testing
- In-person VExUS Training Program, Remote VExUS Training Program, No intervention
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Clinical Competence, Ultrasonography
Remote Guidance for eFAST Training Using a Head-Mounted Device
This study looks at the best way to remotely teach and guide doctors-in-training to perform a bedside ultrasound exam called eFAST (extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma), which is used to quickly check injured…
- Conditions
- Clinical Competence, Ultrasonography, Medical Education, Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS)
- Trial name
- Remote-eFAST (NCT07686497)
- Testing
- Standardized instructional eFAST video, Real-time audio remote expert guidance (Microsoft Teams), Head-mounted-device remote expert guidance (Arc 3, RealWear)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philipp Fürnstahl
Physician-led Versus Peer NP-led POCUS Training
Peer-Learning Versus Physician-Led POCUS Training for Nurse Practitioners in Integrative Volume Status Assessment
This study aims to develop and evaluate a peer-led training program specifically designed for Nurse Practitioners (NPs) to acquire Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) skills.
- Trial name
- NCT07660016
- Testing
- Nurse Practitioner-Led Peer POCUS Training
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Abdominal Pain (AP), Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Pocus Triage in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Abdominal Pain
Introduction and Objective: This study aimed to reveal the effect of classical triage and Bedside Focused Ultrasonography (POCUS) in addition to classical triage on diagnosis, treatment, emergency department follow-up and its…
- Conditions
- Abdominal Pain (AP), Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), Triage
- Trial name
- NCT06887400
- Testing
- Point of care ultrasound (POCUS)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sakarya University
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), Ultrasound Exam in Emergency/Medical Care
Evaluation of an Online Application for Point of Care Ultrasound Training in General Internal Medicine Residents
This study compares Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) training in two hospitals, one that uses an online application for supervision and one that does not use the application.
- Conditions
- Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), Ultrasound Exam in Emergency/Medical Care, Ultrasound Evaluation
- Trial name
- NCT07372053
- Where
- 2 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kantonsspital Baden
Gastric Emptying Time
Gastric POCUS Clear Liquids
To determine the gastric emptying time for clear liquids at different volumes in the adult population, for use in determining anesthesia guidelines.
- Trial name
- NCT07214909
- Testing
- Ingesting coffee without creamer, Ingesting coffee with creamer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MetroHealth Medical Center
Ultrasound, General Practice
General Practitioners' POCUS Competence Following Structured Training
The overarching aim of this study is to investigate whether a new educational point-of-care ultrasound course tailored for general practitioners working in office-based general practice can lead to scanning competence at the end…
- Conditions
- Ultrasound, General Practice, Family Medicine, Education
- Trial name
- NCT05274581
- Testing
- A new type of ultrasound course
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University
Lymph Nodes
Baseline Evaluation of Lymph Nodes in the Lower Quadrant Young People Using Point of Care Ultrasound (BELLY-POCUS)
Abdominal pain is one of the commonest presentations to the paediatric emergency department. Many children are brought to the PED due to concerns about surgical intra-abdominal pathology such as appendicitis.
- Trial name
- BELLY POCUS (NCT07704814)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
Preoperative Period, Anesthesia
POCUS Analysis of the Gastric Emptying Time of Orange Juice With and Without Pulp
Preoperative fasting guidelines for anesthesia recommend waiting two hours after ingesting a clear liquid and six hours after ingesting a light meal.
- Trial name
- NCT04146233
- Testing
- Point of care gastric ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Hemodynamic Assessment, Bedside Ultrasonography
Assessment of LVOT VTI in Healthy Volunteers
Healthy subjects will have transthoracic echocardiography evaluation of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Velocity-Time Integral (LVOT VTI) performed by operators after brief training.
- Conditions
- Hemodynamic Assessment, Bedside Ultrasonography, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
- Trial name
- NCT07600931
- Testing
- transthoracic echocardiography
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Warsaw
Patellofemoral Disorder
Diagnostic POCUS of Patellar Tendinopathy in Female Athletes
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical effectiveness of point-of-care diagnostic ultrasound in the assessment of patellar tendon pathologies
- Trial name
- POCUS (NCT05880277)
- Testing
- POCUS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Youngstown State University
Heart Diseases
Use of Bedside Imaging and Community Health Workers for Early Screening and Referral of Pre-symptomatic Stage B Heart Failure in the Emergency Department
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if using point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can increase participant engagement and changes in behavior among adults with risk factors for pre-symptomatic heart failure presenting to the…
- Trial name
- NCT06769880
- Testing
- Ultrasound and Educational Intervention, Educational Intervention Alone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Point-of-Care Ultrasound
An Analysis of the Current Status and Influencing Factors in Nurse Practitioners' and Nurses' Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
This study targets clinical nurses and nurse practitioners in Taiwan, with an anticipated sample size of approximately 1,000 participants.
- Trial name
- NCT07505108
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Intravenous Access
Point of Care UltraSound (POCUS) Use for Intravenous Catheter Placement During Pediatric Interfacility Transport
This study will determine the efficacy of POCUS (Point of Care UltraSound) for intravenous (IV) access during pediatric interfacility transport. The Butterfly iQ+ (Lightning) device will be used.
- Trial name
- NCT04875988
- Testing
- Butterfly iQ+ Ultrasound, Traditional
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Hemorrhage
POCUS-PEAC to Reduce Femoral Arterial Blood Flow
The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy on healthy subjects of Point of Care ultrasonographically guided external aortic compression compared to the manual technique already described.
- Trial name
- NCT04745585
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Integre Universitaire de Sante et Services Sociaux du Nord de l'ile de Montreal