PreDEA Study, Prevention in Emergency / Acceptance Departments: the Case of Hepatic Steatosis

University of L'Aquila

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Hepatic Steatosis

Treatments: Device: liver ultrasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05436860

61615

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our study aims to evaluate whether the Emergency Department (PS) can support the health system to improve the prevention and management of chronic inflammatory diseases and ensure actions aimed at screening, raising awareness and informing the population.

Specifically, the determination of the prevalence of a widely diffused pathology such as fatty liver disease aims to be the precursor of future pilot studies aimed at evaluating the advantages and critical issues of the PS as a prevention tool.

Enrollment: 20,189 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients over 18
• Patients admitted to Emergency department in white or green code

Exclusion criteria

• Patients under 18
• Patients admitted to Emergency department in yellow or red code

Trial design

20,189 participants in 2 patient groups

presence of hepatic hyperechogenicity on ultrasound evaluation

Treatment:

Device: liver ultrasound

absence of hepatic hyperechogenicity on ultrasound evaluation

Treatment:

Device: liver ultrasound