Effect of a Focused Point-of-care Ultrasonography Screening Protocol in Hospitalized Patients

NCT07656428 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 202404079RINA
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 9,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This research project aims to establish a real-time focused ultrasound examination protocol for routine assessment of hospitalized patients, including evaluations of the inferior vena cava (IVC), pericardial effusion, hydronephrosis, and ascites.

Conditions

Heart Failure, Congestive; Renal Failure Acute Chronic; Liver Cirrhosis; Sepsis; Edema, Pulmonary; Establish a Real-time Focused Ultrasound Examination Protocol for Routine Assessment of Hospitalized Patients; Edema

Keywords

POCUS; heart failure; renal failure; liver cirrhosis; dyspnea; edema; sepsis

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Mean Length of Hospital Stay in Days

  Length of hospital stay will be measured as the number of days from hospital admission to hospital discharge during the index hospitalization. The mean length of stay will be compared between patients with documented point-of-care ultrasound assessment and patients without documented point-of-care ultrasound assessment.

  From admission to discharge during the index hospitalization, up to 90 days

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

Hospitalized Patients Admitted to the Integrated Medicine Ward

You may qualify if:

• Hospitalized Patients Admitted to the Integrated Medicine Ward

You may not qualify if:

• pregnant woman

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Taiwan University Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, Taipei, 100, Taiwan

Location

Related Publications (6)

• Spevack R, Al Shukairi M, Jayaraman D, Dankoff J, Rudski L, Lipes J. Serial lung and IVC ultrasound in the assessment of congestive heart failure. Crit Ultrasound J. 2017 Dec;9(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s13089-017-0062-3. Epub 2017 Mar 7.

  PMID: 28271386 RESULT

• Koratala A, Ronco C, Kazory A. Multi-Organ Point-Of-Care Ultrasound in Acute Kidney Injury. Blood Purif. 2022;51(12):967-971. doi: 10.1159/000522652. Epub 2022 Mar 18.

  PMID: 35306497 RESULT

• Blaivas M, Adhikari S, Savitsky EA, Blaivas LN, Liu YT. Artificial intelligence versus expert: a comparison of rapid visual inferior vena cava collapsibility assessment between POCUS experts and a deep learning algorithm. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2020 Jul 31;1(5):857-864. doi: 10.1002/emp2.12206. eCollection 2020 Oct.

  PMID: 33145532 RESULT

• Alonso JV, Turpie J, Farhad I, Ruffino G. Protocols for Point-of-Care-Ultrasound (POCUS) in a Patient with Sepsis; An Algorithmic Approach. Bull Emerg Trauma. 2019 Jan;7(1):67-71. doi: 10.29252/beat-0701010. No abstract available.

  PMID: 30719469 RESULT

• Abu-Zidan FM, Cevik AA. Diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for gastrointestinal pathology: state of the art from basics to advanced. World J Emerg Surg. 2018 Oct 15;13:47. doi: 10.1186/s13017-018-0209-y. eCollection 2018.

  PMID: 30356808 RESULT

• Alerhand S, Adrian RJ, Long B, Avila J. Pericardial tamponade: A comprehensive emergency medicine and echocardiography review. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Aug;58:159-174. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2022.05.001. Epub 2022 May 6.

  PMID: 35696801 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Heart Failure; Liver Cirrhosis; Sepsis; Pulmonary Edema; Edema; Renal Insufficiency; Dyspnea

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Liver Diseases; Digestive System Diseases; Fibrosis; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Infections; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome; Inflammation; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Kidney Diseases; Urologic Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Male Urogenital Diseases; Respiration Disorders; Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 6, 2025
• First Posted: June 18, 2026
• Study Start: April 5, 2025
• Primary Completion: April 17, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): April 5, 2035
• Last Updated: June 18, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)