Status:
COMPLETED
Hand-carried Ultrasound Echocardiography in the Hospital
Lead Sponsor:
Cook County Health
Conditions:
Adult Inpatients Referred for Standard Echocardiography
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether or not care guided by hospitalists equipped with hand-carried ultrasound echocardiography reduces the length of stay of general medicine inpatients ...
Detailed Description
This was an unblinded, parallel-group, superiority trial that randomized participants in a balanced (1:1) allocation ratio. We made no changes to our protocol after we began enrollment. Nor did we con...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- general medicine inpatients 18 years or older who were referred for inpatient standard echocardiography by hospitalists trained in hand-carried ultrasound echocardiography
Exclusion
- referring hospitalist not being masked to standard echocardiography results and determination by the referring hospitalist that hand-carried ultrasound echocardiography was unlikely to help given the indications for standard echocardiography
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
453 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01231100
Start Date
July 1 2008
End Date
April 1 2009
Last Update
June 15 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Stroger Hospital of Cook County
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612