DVT Ultrasound in the Emergency Department

Sponsor

Emergency Medicine Physicians, Nevada (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT02369263

Collaborator

(none)

288

Enrollment

Location

Duration (Months)

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Emergency Medicine (EM) Residents routinely conduct bedside ultrasound exams in the Emergency Department (ED) employing the two point compression method. This study endeavors to investigate the accuracy and utility of bedside ultrasound for Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) in the ED by EM Residents by comparing the results of that exam against the gold standard of a DVT ultrasound performed in the Radiology Department and interpreted by a Radiologist.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Deep Vein Thrombosis DVT

Detailed Description

For subjects with suspicion of DVT to the Emergency Department, an EM Resident will perform a bedside non-diagnostic two point compression DVT Ultrasound. Subjects will then receive a diagnostic DVT Ultrasound in the Radiology Department with official radiologist interpretation. The bedside ultrasound will not interfere with or delay the diagnostic ultrasound. Patient demographic and clinical data will be collected for validation purposes. Validation of the The EM Resident interpretation will be accomplished by comparison to the official Radiologist interpretation.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Actual Enrollment :

288 participants

Observational Model:

Cohort

Time Perspective:

Prospective

Official Title:

An Observational Study of Emergency Medicine Resident Performed Ultrasonography for DVT.

Study Start Date :

May 1, 2013

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Jul 1, 2014

Actual Study Completion Date :

Nov 1, 2014

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome measures is the proportion of agreement between Resident performed two point DVT ultrasaound and the Radiologist interpertation of a formal DVT ultrasound. [5 minutes]
Two point Emergency Medicine Resident preformed DVT Ultrasound (5 minute procedure) results will be compared as a proportion to Radiologist interpreted ultrasonographer performed DVT Ultrasound results.