Sonographic Assessment and Visualization of Ectopics in Emergency Medicine (SAVE'EM)

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ectopic Pregnancy

Treatments: Device: Pelvic Ultrasound

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01322958

SAVE'EM

Details and patient eligibility

About

Observational study of the use of ultrasound by emergency physicians in the evaluation of patients at risk of ectopic pregnancy.

Full description

Emergency Physicians who have undergone training according to the American College of Emergency Physicians Guidelines will be evaluated in the accuracy of performing pelvic ultrasounds among patients at risk for ectopic pregnancy.

Enrollment: 600 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 12 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• pregnant females in 1st trimester
• present to emergency department
• complaint of abdominal/pelvic pain or vaginal bleeding

Exclusion criteria

• previous ultrasound diagnostic of location of pregnancy

Trial design

600 participants in 1 patient group

At Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy

Description:

Women who present to the emergency department at UCSF who are at risk of ectopic pregnancy.

Treatment:

Device: Pelvic Ultrasound