Status:
COMPLETED
Efficacy of Ultrasound to Guide Management During a Rapid Response Event
Lead Sponsor:
Beth Israel Medical Center
Conditions:
Hemodynamic Instability
Respiratory Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Rapid response team systems have been implemented in numerous hospitals throughout the world with the goal of improving the identification and safety of hospitalized patients who are clinically deteri...
Detailed Description
This is an randomized controlled trial to determine if portable critical care ultrasound use is feasible, if its findings change clinical decision making by critical care fellows and whether ultrasoun...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients for whom a rapid response is called who have:
- Hemodynamic instability as defined by:
- Systolic blood pressure less than 90 mmHg or less than 40 mmHg from previously established baseline
- Heart rate greater than 130 beats per minute
- Known elevated lactate above normal value.
- Hypercapnic or hypoxemic respiratory failure as judged by the responding critical care fellow.
Exclusion
- Patients for whom a rapid response has been called who:
- Are not hemodynamically unstable and not in respiratory failure.
- Are hemodynamically unstable but who have an obvious source of bleeding to explain hemodynamic instability.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01838343
Start Date
March 1 2013
End Date
March 1 2014
Last Update
December 31 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, New York, United States, 10003