Evaluation of Ultra-portable Ultrasound in General Practice
Summary
This is an interventional multi-centre study comparing two groups of general practitioners with or without an ultrasound scanner over a period of 6 months. The evaluation focuses on the management of patients for 8 pathologies:
- Pleural effusion
- Renal colic
- Hepatic colic or cholecystitis
- Subcutaneous abscess or cyst
- Fracture of long bones
- Intra-uterine pregnancy or extra-uterine pregnancy or miscarriage
- Phlebitis The principal hypothesis is that there are fewer complementary exams in the group of doctors using ultrasound scanners.
The secondary hypotheses are:
- There is better patient orientation (emergency care, specialist consultation, return home) in the group of doctors using the ultrasound scanners.
- The global cost of the care is lower in the group of doctors using the ultrasound.
- Using ultrasound during the consultation decreases the anxiety of the patient.
- Using ultrasound increases the duration of the consultation.
- There is no difference between the predicted and the real orientation of the patients.
Study Design
Conditions
Pneumonia
Intervention
Ultrasound scan
Status
Not yet recruiting
Source
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT04127149
- ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on October 18, 2019
Published on BioPortfolio: 2019-10-21T12:45:35-0400
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