Evaluation of the Clinical Impact and Safety of Focused Transesophageal Echocardiography During Resuscitation of Critically Ill Patients in Emergency and Intensive Care Settings

What this Trial Is About

This research aims to evaluate the clinical impact and safety of focused, point-of-care transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) used during the evaluation of critically-ill adult patients in emergency departments and intensive care settings. It focuses on patients over 18 years old who receive TEE as part of their routine clinical care, especially those experiencing shock or cardiac arrest. The study also seeks to understand how TEE is used across different critical care scenarios and patient outcomes. The study observes patients receiving TEE during various clinical situations, including out-of-hospital and in-hospital cardiac arrests, initial evaluation of undifferentiated shock or acute hemodynamic decompensation, hemodynamic monitoring, and procedural guidance such as pacemaker or heart pump placement. There are no experimental treatments; instead, patients are grouped based on the clinical context in which TEE is performed. Participants are monitored from hospital admission until discharge or death, for up to 12 weeks. Researchers collect data on TEE use, clinical indications, clinician details, echocardiography findings, timing of studies, any procedure-related complications, and patient outcomes. The primary focus is on the clinical impact and safety of TEE in these critical settings. The registry supports multi-institutional collaboration and standardized data sharing to facilitate broader research in this area.

Resuscitative TEE Collaborative Registry