The Role of Lung Ultrasound During Perioperative Evaluation

NCT03111641 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UPisa2017
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 90
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Accurate pre-operative lung assessment is important to decide the most appropriate anesthesia plan. Until now, chest X-ray is considered the standard of care for lung assessment during perioperative evaluation. However, lung ultrasound is a rapid, simple, non-invasive, radiation-free imaging modality and can be used as an alternative to chest radiography for the diagnosis and follow-up of various lung diseases. Moreover, the decreased radiation exposure represents a considerable improvement in patient safety. Consequently, we decided to compare the data obtained from the lung ultrasound and the chest X-ray.

Conditions

Lung Diseases

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Performance comparison of lung ultrasonography and chest x-ray in the detection of pleural effusion, consolidation, alveolar- interstitial syndrome.

  The primary objective of this project is to evaluate the possible correlation between the data obtained from the ultrasound scan and the data obtained from the chest X-ray.

  during preoperative anaesthesia consultation

Study Arms (1)

Lung ultrasonography

EXPERIMENTAL

Diagnostic Test: Lung ultrasonography

Interventions

Lung ultrasonography DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Lung ultrasound scan during preoperative anaesthesia consultation

Lung ultrasonography

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• adult patients undergoing elective general surgery;
• age \>18 years;
• ability to provide written consent;
• use of Chest radiography during the preoperative evaluation.

You may not qualify if:

• age \< than 18 year;
• pregnant patients;
• not use of Chest radiography during the preoperative evaluation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Pisa: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Pisa

Pisa, Italy

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Lung Diseases

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Respiratory Tract Diseases

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Sponsor-Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 2, 2017
• First Posted: April 13, 2017
• Study Start: June 18, 2017
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2017
• Study Completion: September 28, 2017
• Last Updated: September 29, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-09

Locations

IT (1)