Echocardiographic Examination Performed by Nurses in Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Sponsor
Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF (Other)
Overall Status
Withdrawn
CT.gov ID
NCT00886548
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is:
  • To study the clinical usefulness of nurse-performed ultrasound and echocardiographic examinations in a cardiac intensive care unit.

  • To study reproducibility of nurse-performed ultrasound and echocardiographic examinations in a cardiac intensive care unit.

  • To study which ultrasound measure that best correlate with the amount of pleural effusion.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Procedure: Ultrasound performed

Detailed Description

For a period of 1 year patients in our cardiac intensive care unit will be recruited to nurse-drive ultrasound and echocardiographic examinations, after informed consent. Nurses underwent a training programme and their skills are approved by cardiologist. Our department does not always have a cardiologist on duty and indication for nurse-driven ultrasound examination is decided by the doctor responsible for the treatment, who not always are trained in echocardiography/ultrasound. We aim to study the described hypothesis.

Study Design

Study Type:
Observational
Actual Enrollment :
0 participants
Observational Model:
Case-Only
Time Perspective:
Prospective
Official Title:
Echocardiographic Examination Performed by Nurses in Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. Is it Clinical Useful?
Study Start Date :
Apr 1, 2009
Actual Primary Completion Date :
May 1, 2010
Actual Study Completion Date :
May 1, 2010

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Ultrasound performed

Single arm study.

Procedure: Ultrasound performed
Nurse-driven ultrasound performed

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Change of diagnosis [6-12 months]

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Change of treatment [6-12 months]

  2. Quantification of pleural effusion [6-12 months]

  3. Reproducibility of nurse-performed examinations [6-12 months]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
16 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Patient at Cardiac intensive care unit, Levanger Hospital

  • Doctor responsible for treatment finds echocardiographic/ultrasound examination indicated.

Exclusion Criteria:
  • None

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Department of Medicine, Hospital of Levanger Levanger Norway 7600

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Håvard Dalen, MD, Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Health Trust

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00886548
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • SL-20091
First Posted:
Apr 23, 2009
Last Update Posted:
Nov 9, 2021
Last Verified:
Nov 1, 2021
Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Nov 9, 2021