Is bedside ultrasound a valuable tool for diagnosing common fractures in emergency department patients?

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609000721202

Enrollment

500

Registered

2009-08-24

Start date

2009-07-17

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The primary purpose of this study is to determine if using a bedside ultrasound machine is as good as using an Xray to determine if a bone is fractured. A positive outcome from this study may speed up the treatment of patients with similar injuries and avoid unecessary exposure to radiation.

Interventions

Prospective convenience sampling of patients with suspected fracture of selected regions. Perform bedside ultrasonography using portable SONOSITE MicroMaxx ultrasound machine using a 12MHz transducer. Patients will be observed for 6 months.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Patient with suspected fractures involving the metacarpal, distal radius/ulnar, olecranon, body of ulnar, clavicle, metatarsal, distal tibia/fibula, patella, proximal fibula, mandible or sternum.

Exclusion criteria

Patient unable to give own consent Patients with unstable, compound (open) or suspected open fractures Haemodynamically unstable patients requiring urgent medical intervention Patients with fracture dislocations requiring immediate relocation to avoid neurovascular compromisation Enrolling clinician has already reviewed Xrays and made diagnosis prior performing ultrasound for the study

Outcome results