Clinical trials: Point of Care Ultrasound
Hemorrhagic Shock, Pediatric Trauma
Effect of Resuscitation on Gastric Emptying Using POCUS in Pediatric Trauma Patients
Pediatric trauma often leads to hemorrhagic shock, which reduces blood flow to the digestive tract and delays gastric emptying. This delay can cause fluid and food to remain in the stomach, increasing the risk of pulmonary…
- Conditions
- Hemorrhagic Shock, Pediatric Trauma, Delayed Gastric Emptying, Gastric Dysmotility
- Trial name
- NCT07810907
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Multiple Trauma, Polytrauma
Development and Internal Validation of a Multimodal Prediction Score for Early Hemodynamic Deterioration in Adult Polytrauma Patients
Severe traumatic injury involving multiple body regions (polytrauma) carries a high risk of rapid bleeding, tissue hypoperfusion, and circulatory collapse.
- Conditions
- Multiple Trauma, Polytrauma, Hemodynamic Instability, Traumatic Shock
- Trial name
- NCT07850427
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Acute Kidney Injury, VExUS
VExUS Score and AKI in Critically Ill Adult patients-a Prospective Observational Study.
Introduction Renal perfusion is dependent on the renal perfusion pressure across the renal capillaries. Venous congestion due to excess fluid therapy can drastically reduce the renal perfusion pressure in spite of a normal mean…
- Trial name
- NCT06889116
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute Of Medicine.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
Point of Care Ultrasound in Pregnant Women (PoCUS-OB)
Pregnant women with gestational age more than 20 weeks are at risk of developing Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). OSA is a common underdiagnosed comorbid condition in pregnant women associated with adverse maternal and fetal…
- Trial name
- NCT06776237
- Testing
- PoCUS
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Syncope
Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department Evaluation of Syncope
The purpose of this study is to determine whether point-of-care (bedside) ultrasound assists physicians in the evaluation and management of patients with syncope.
- Trial name
- NCT01671371
- Testing
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Lower Resp Tract Infection
An Algorithm to Decide on Antibiotic Prescription in Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Primary Care
The study is randomized clustered pragmatic trial whose objective is to decrease unnecessary antibiotic prescription in adult patients with lower respiratory tract infection managed at primary care level in Switzerland, using a…
- Trial name
- UltraPro (NCT03191071)
- Testing
- UltraPro, Procalcitonin, Blood sampling
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 469 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Anesthesia, Gastric Ultrasound
Gastric Emptying Time in Traumatic Injuries
The investigators plan to do serial sonographic examinations of the gastric antrum (quantity, quality) to estimate the gastric emptying time and dependant factors after traumatic injurys.
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Gastric Ultrasound, Sonography, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
- Trial name
- NCT06643325
- Testing
- Gastric ultrasound
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Kantonsspital Winterthur KSW
Vascular Access
Investigating the Utility of Augmented Reality Assistance for Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access
This study will investigate the benefits of augmented reality assistance on ultrasound-guided vascular access. Using the Microsoft HoloLens 2 headset, the investigators will study the benefits of augmented reality technology as a…
- Trial name
- NCT07208071
- Testing
- Augmented reality headset use
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Hydrostatic Pulmonary Edema, Acute Respiratory Failure
Acute DYSPnea in the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Value of Point-of-care UltraSound
Acute dyspnea is a common reason for emergency department (ED) admission and is frequently caused by acute heart failure with pulmonary edema.
- Conditions
- Hydrostatic Pulmonary Edema, Acute Respiratory Failure, Dyspnea
- Trial name
- DYSP-ED-US (NCT07324980)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Embolism Registry From Short-Term Emergency to Long-Term Follow-Up and Surveillance
PERSEUS is an academic, investigator-initiated, multicenter observational registry of adults with acute pulmonary embolism (PE), promoted by Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (Florence, Italy).
- Conditions
- Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Ventricular Dysfunction, Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
- Trial name
- PERSEUS (NCT07855679)
- Testing
- Routine clinical care (no study intervention)
- Where
- 16 sites in Italy, Poland and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
Dyspnea, Coma
The Use of a Point-of-care Thoracic Ultrasound Protocol for Hospital Medical Emergency Teams
Study to assess the possible effects of the use of a point-of-care thoracic ultrasound protocol for hospital medical emergency teams (MET)
- Conditions
- Dyspnea, Coma, Hypotension and Shock
- Trial name
- METUS (NCT03214809)
- Testing
- ultrasound protocol
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Rijnstate Hospital
Chest Pain
The Effects of Point-of-care Ultrasonography
Background: When used with standard diagnostic testing, point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) might improve the proportion of patients admitted with chest pain (CP) who are correctly diagnosed, decrease length of stay (LOS) in…
- Trial name
- NCT04429698
- Testing
- Point of care ultrasonography
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 208 people
- Sponsor
- Sakarya University
Prevention of Hypotension
Point Of Care Ultrasound For Prediction Of Fluid Responsiveness in Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery
To exclude hypovolemia before starting off pump coronary artery grafting surgeries by an efficient and good predictive test. We will assess the sensitivity and specificity of dynamic IVC-derived parameters (dispensability index)…
- Trial name
- NCT05968040
- Testing
- Inferior vena cava diameter measurement by ultrasonography, difference between peak velocities of carotid artery by ultrasound, cardiac output be transthoracic echocardiography
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
COPD, CHF
Aiding COPD and CHF Ultrasound-guided Management Through ENhanced Point Of Care UltraSound
Single-center, two-arm, parallel, randomized controlled trial comparing enhanced daily assessments for patients with COPD and/or CHF using point of care ultrasound with PRESUNA software (POCUS-PRESUNA) versus standard care…
- Conditions
- COPD, CHF, Pneumonia
- Trial name
- ACCUMEN-POCUS (NCT05423652)
- Testing
- Lung point of care ultrasound, PRESUNA software
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Michelle Grinman
Deep Vein Thrombosis
The Learning Curve of Emergency Physicians Performed Lower-extremity Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of DVT
If deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is suspected among patients who have symptoms such as pain or swelling of the lower extremities, duplex ultrasound of the lower limb is the first-line imaging modality to diagnose DVT.
- Trial name
- NCT04913688
- Testing
- bedside ultrasound performed group
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS)
The POCUS in Practice Study
In a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial, the effects of an educational intervention will be determined by estimating the uptake of point-of-care ultrasound by general practitioners (outcome P1), change in referral from…
- Trial name
- PIP (NCT05696821)
- Testing
- Educational intervention
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Systematic Machine Learning Algorithm for Rapid Thrombosis Detection
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the use of a machine learning-based algorithm and point-of-care D-dimer to laboratory D-dimer and compression ultrasound to exclude deep vein thrombosis in the under extremities in…
- Trial name
- DVT-SMART (NCT06842446)
- Testing
- POC D-dimer, POC ultrasound, Machine learning model
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Ostfold Hospital Trust
Rattlesnake Bite (Diagnosis)
Point-of-care Ultrasound in the Assessment of Snake Bite
Early identification of tissue injury from a rattlesnake bite is critical to prevent complications and reduce health care costs.
- Trial name
- NCT04188899
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Urinalysis, Children
Point-of-care Ultrasound for Clean-Catch Urine Collection in Young Children
Background: The investigators recently evaluated a new bladder stimulation technique to obtain clean-catch urine in infants aged less than six months. In this study, the reported success rate was of 52%.
- Trial name
- NCT02751671
- Testing
- POCUS, Standard
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 201 people
- Sponsor
- St. Justine's Hospital
Skull Fractures
Skull Fractures in Pediatric Emergency Department: the Ultrasound Protocol
The aim of this clinical trial is to compare musculoskeletal ultrasound with the reference standard diagnostic test (cranial CT scan) in patients with minor head trauma associated with scalp hematoma and suspected skull fracture.
- Trial name
- SPEED-UP (NCT07636902)
- Testing
- Skull ultrasound
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Giannina Gaslini