Comparison of CXR and MnDCT

University Health Network, Toronto

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Acute Dyspnoea

Treatments: Procedure: Minimum Dose CT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00188435

03-0731

Details and patient eligibility

About

A comparison of chest x-ray (CXR) and Minimum dose CT (MnDCT) in the acutely ill patient. The hypothesis is that MnDCT is more sensitive than CXR in the detection of acute findings in the acutely ill patient.

Full description

A comparison of chest x-ray (CXR) and Minimum dose CT (MnDCT) in a cohort of 100 patients admitted for acute respiratory distress. Chest radiography (CXR) is compared to Minimum Dose CT (MnDCT) for the detection of consolidation;lung nodules, heart failure.

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients admitted for investigation of acute pulmonary embolus

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)