Impact of serial cardiopulmonary point-of-care ultrasound exams in patients with acute dyspnoea: a randomised, controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Serial point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) can potentially improve acute patient care through treatment adjusted to the dynamic ultrasound findings. The objective was to investigate if treatment guided by monitoring patients with acute dyspnoea with serial cardiopulmonary PoCUS and usual care could reduce the severity of dyspnoea compared with usual care alone.

Methods

This was a randomised, controlled, blinded-outcome trial conducted in three EDs in Denmark between 9 October 2019 and 26 May 2021. Patients aged ≥18 years admitted with a primary complaint of dyspnoea were allocated 1:1 with block randomisation to usual care, which included a single cardiopulmonary PoCUS within 1 hour of arrival (control group) or usual care (including a PoCUS within 1 hour of arrival)

SUBMITTER: Arvig MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10579498 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature