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Scan group for Anesthesia (POCUS-RCT Trial)

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Led By Ahmed Hegazy, Assist. Prof
Research Sponsored by Lawson Health Research Institute
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up from time of pacu admission until the time of transfer from pacu, assessed up to 48 hours.
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POCUS-RCT Trial Summary

The goal of this study is to assess the impact of perioperative point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) assessment on patient-important outcomes (e.g. hospital length of stay, length of stay in recovery, mortality etc.) and perioperative patient management strategies, in patients undergoing non-elective non-cardiac surgeries.

Eligible Conditions
  • Anesthesia
  • Ultrasound
  • Surgery
  • Emergency

POCUS-RCT Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~from time of pacu admission until the time of transfer from pacu, assessed up to 48 hours.
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and from time of pacu admission until the time of transfer from pacu, assessed up to 48 hours. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU) length of stay
Secondary outcome measures
Change in anesthetic plan based on the scan result
Intensiveness of operating room (OR) management
Mortality
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POCUS-RCT Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Scan groupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Patients randomized to the scan group (intervention arm) will receive a preoperative point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) exam as an adjunct to their preoperative assessment, the results of which will be disclosed to the anesthesiologist and the patient care team. This POCUS exam will include a focused cardiac ultrasound, a lung and pleural ultrasound, and a gastric volume and content ultrasound assessment. Patients randomized to this arm may also receive repeat POCUS exams as needed and as clinical conditions change. These repeat exams may be requested by the anesthesiologist or patient care team.
Group II: No scan groupActive Control1 Intervention
Patients randomized to no scan (control arm) will not receive a preoperative point-of-care ultrasound exam. Patients in this arm will receive the standard-of-care; a routine preoperative assessment and physical examination by their attending anesthesiologist.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Lawson Health Research InstituteLead Sponsor
656 Previous Clinical Trials
413,328 Total Patients Enrolled
Ahmed Hegazy, Assist. ProfPrincipal InvestigatorSchulich School of Medicine and Dentistry\Anaesthesia

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Recent research and studies
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Perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Ahmed Hegazy 2017. "Perioperative Point-of-Care Ultrasound". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03142906.
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