Measurement of Jugular Venous Pulse in Critically Ill Patients.

An Evaluation of the Utility of Clinical Examination for the Measurement of Jugular Venous Pulse in Critically Ill Patients.

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00303355

Enrollment

Registered

2006-03-16

Start date

2002-09-30

Completion date

2004-09-30

Last updated

2013-09-05

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Conditions

Jugular Venous Pulse Measurement in Critically Ill Patients

Keywords

jugular venous pulse

Brief summary

To assess the utility of clinical bedside examination for the measurement of jugular venous pulse in critically ill patients.

Detailed description

Procedures: All patients with central venous catheters (CVP) will undergo physical examination of the jugular veins, while blinded to the actual CVP measured from the catheter. Clinicians with various experience levels (attending physician, fellow, resident physician, 4th year medical student) will participate. The following clinical data will be obtained: Demographic data such as age, sex, weight and diagnosis will be collected. Each clinician's bedside CVP will be recorded from the bedside monitor. Clinicians will be blinded to bedside monitor.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* All patients admitted to the ICU who have existing central venous catheters.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients admitted to the ICU who do not have existing central venous catheters

Countries

United States

Outcome results