Status:
SUSPENDED
Vibration Response Imaging (VRI) in Children With Acute Respiratory Symptoms
Lead Sponsor:
Deep Breeze
Conditions:
Pneumonia
Eligibility:
All Genders
3-18 years
Brief Summary
The VRI device may provide a complementary diagnostic tool for lung examination and aid the physician in determining whether a chest x-ray should be performed.
Detailed Description
This study is a prospective, single center study to determine the value of VRI images as an aid in determining whether a chest x ray is necessary to evaluate children presenting with acute respiratory...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Subject's parent or legal guardian, is able and willing to read the Informed Consent, understands the Informed Consent, and provides written Informed Consent for the subject; if the minor child is in fact able to give consent, the minor's consent must be obtained in addition to the consent of the minor's legal guardian.
- Boy or girl in the age range of 3-18 years.
- Patient presented with acute respiratory complaints, acute cough, onset of shortness of breath, or fever.
- Patient referred by ED physician and presented for CXR.
Exclusion
- Body habitus or skin condition that might prevent the placement of the sound sensors on the back (e.g. severe scoliosis, kyphosis, chest wall deformation, skin lesion on the back or compression fracture);
- Potentially contagious skin lesion on the back;
- Subject has had lung surgery;
- Subject was prescribed the CXR for monitoring or follow up of a lung condition that pre-existed the current, acute symptoms.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
80 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00992966
Last Update
August 20 2010
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