Role of Early Point of Care Ultrasound in Management of Sepsis in Emergency Department

Alexandria University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sepsis

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: POCUS examination

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05849194

0201798

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aim of the study is to determine the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound and to determine its role in sepsis management .

Full description

Two groups of patients will be studied one group will undergo POCUS examination and the other will not undergo POCUS examination then comparison between them will be done regarding accuracy of diagnosis and time taken to reach diagnosis.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients admitted to the Emergency Department (ED) of Alexandria Main University Hospital (AMUH) with sepsis.
• Patients presented with septic shock.

Exclusion criteria

• Age less than 18
• Trauma patients.
• Pregnant females.
• Patients with terminal malignancy.
• Patients taking immunosuppressive drugs or chemotherapy.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

POCUS group

Experimental group

Description:

Group that will undergo POCUS examination

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: POCUS examination

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The group that will not undergo POCUS examination