Transient amnesia assessment and management in an emergency department

Do patients with acute memory disturbance following straining have a higher proportion of jugular venous backflow than those that present without straining?

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12608000034336

Acronym

TAMED

Enrollment

Registered

2008-01-21

Start date

2008-02-15

Completion date

2010-02-15

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Aims of the study: 1. To determine the eventual diagnoses of patients presenting to emergency departments with acute amnesia. 2. To determine the ED assessment and management of transient global amnesia and correlate with current diagnostic criteria and suggested management. 3. To compare proportions of patients with internal jugular vein backflow among those that present with TGA, either precipitated by an episode of straining, or not.

Interventions

Ultrasound scan of bilateral internal jugular veins - once only scan lasting for approx 10 minutes.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with acute memory disturbance presenting to an emergency department

Exclusion criteria

Nil

Outcome results