Point-of-Care Ultrasound [POCUS]: Reducing Hospital Length of Stay in Patients with Dyspnoea (ACTRN12626000270314)

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Registration number ACTRN12626000270314

This study assesses the impact of adding point-of-care ultrasound to the initial assessment of elderly patients admitted with dyspnoea on the hospital length of stay.

Program & service

This trial is being run with the Home, Acute & Community service, and as part of the General Medicine program.

Trial phase

Other

Trial participation type

This trial is for clinical research of something other than a drug or device.

Principal investigator

Prof Harry Gibbs

Key inclusion data

Adults aged 65 years or older who are admitted to the general medicine ward where the main presenting complaint is dyspnoea and have not had a computed tomography chest, CT pulmonary angiogram or POCUS on admission, may be considered for this study. Additional inclusion and exclusion criteria apply.

More information

To find out more about this clinical trial, please review full details on the ANZCTR website.

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