Status:
COMPLETED
Role of Chest Ultrasound in Diagnosing and Follow-up of Pneumonia
Lead Sponsor:
University of Jena
Conditions:
Pneumonia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The study of a large number of patients (at least 200 patients) from several European centres aims to investigate the value of chest ultrasound in diagnosing and checking the course of pneumonia as co...
Detailed Description
The primary target criterion is • Assessing the sensitivity of chest ultrasound in diagnosing pneumonia. Secondary target criteria comprise * Assessing specificity, negative and positive predictive...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with clinically suspected CAP who received no antibiotic treatment yet
- Patients in whom a chest X-ray in 2 planes was already performed, can be included in the study, if chest ultrasound is performed within 24 hours after X-ray and if the X-ray finding is neither available to nor known to the examiner doing the ultrasound examination.
- Age \> 18 years
- Patient's declaration of consent is available.
Exclusion
- Patients with HAP
- Age \<18 years
- Patients in whom the time difference between chest ultrasound and chest X-ray in 2 planes is more than 24 hours
- Patients whose X-ray findings are with the examiner doing the ultrasound or are known to him
- Pregnancy and lactation
- Missing declaration of consent by the patient.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
397 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00808457
Start Date
September 1 2007
End Date
February 1 2011
Last Update
August 15 2011
Active Locations (1)
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Pneumology, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena
Jena, Thuringia, Germany, 07740