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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03212248
Date of registration: 06/07/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Azienda Ospedaliera, Universitaria Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele
Public title: CRP and Thoracic Emergency Ultrasound in Pneumonia TUS-STRAT
Scientific title: CRP (C-Reactive-Protein) and Pneumonia Biomarkers Stratification for Selectively Addressing Priorities in Thoracic Emergency Ultrasound in Pneumonia
Date of first enrolment: January 2, 2016
Target sample size: 70
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03212248
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Italy
Contacts
Name:     GUGLIELMO TROVATO, MD
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Affiliation:  medint
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

presence of history and symptoms, signs at physical examination and early laboratory clues
of CAP According to the preliminary triage, in all patients, as a routine assessment,
breath frequency, blood pressure and heart rate, pulse oxymetry, serum and blood analysis
including creatinine and urea, CRP, blood cell counts and hemoglobin assay, were performed,
also for CURB65 staging. ECG was preliminary done in all patients with chest pain, dyspnea
and/or fever.

Exclusion Criteria:



Age minimum: 19 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Community-acquired Pneumonia
Ultrasound
Difference, Individual
Intervention(s)
Diagnostic Test: Thoracic Ultrasound (TUS)
Primary Outcome(s)
Odds of detecting lung consolidation by TUS according to symptoms or biomarkers' cutoffs [Time Frame: ten minutes]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Odds of detecting lung consolidation by Chest X Rays (CXR) according to symptoms or biomarkers' cutoffs [Time Frame: ten minutes]
Secondary ID(s)
TUS-STRAT
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ospedale Civile di Ragusa, Italy
Ethics review
Results
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