Emergency Department ocular ultrasound in patients with acute visual disturbance thought to be due to retino-vitreous pathology

In patients with acute visual disturbance thought to be due to posterior ocular pathology, how does emergency department sonographic diagnosis compare to ophthalmological diagnosis?

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12608000043336

Acronym

POPES

Enrollment

Registered

2008-01-29

Start date

2008-02-15

Completion date

2010-02-15

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The aim of the study is to compare diagnostic accuracy of emergency department ultrasound diagnosis with eventual ophthalmological diagnosis in patients with suspected posterior ocular pathology e.g vitreous haemorrhage, vitreous detachment, retinal detachment.

Interventions

Ocular ultrasound in the emergency department - using 10MHz linear array transducer scanning in transverse and sagittal planes at lowest power setting giving adequate images, expected duration approx 5 minutes

Study design

Allocation

Non-randomised trial

Intervention model

Single group

Primary purpose

Diagnosis

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients presenting to an emergency department with suspected acute retino-vitreous pathology.

Exclusion criteria

Nil

Outcome results