The Learning Curve of Emergency Physicians Performed Lower-extremity Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of DVT

NCT04913688 UNKNOWN

If deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is suspected among patients who have symptoms such as pain or swelling of the lower extremities, duplex ultrasound of the lower limb is the first-line imaging modality to diagnose DVT. However, duplex ultrasound is time consuming, requires patient transport to a diagnostic imaging facility. In recent years, abbereviated bedside ultrasound technique has been accepted by emergency physician to diagnose the presence of DVT. Several studies have proven that the accuracy of this abbreviated bedsude ultrasound for assessing the presence of deep vein thrombosis is not inferior to experts, but how much ultrasound experience is required to obtain the accuracy that does not inferior to experts has yet to be studied. The aim of this study is to identify how much learning by emergency physicians is needed to obtain the accuracy of the lower extremity ultrasound examination comparable to that of experts.

Details

Lead sponsor	Samsung Medical Center
Status	UNKNOWN
Enrolment	88
Start date	Sat May 01 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Completion	Mon Feb 28 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Conditions

• Deep Vein Thrombosis

Interventions

• bedside ultrasound performed group

Countries

South Korea