Cardiopulmonary Failure
Conditions
Keywords
goal-directed echocardiography, cardiopulmonary failure, critical care ultrasound
Brief summary
Hypothesis: Goal-directed echocardiography by trained critical care physicians is equivalent to that of echocardiography technicians/cardiologists for the purpose of determining etiology (reason) of cardiopulmonary failure.
Interventions
PROCEDUREEchocardiography
Sponsors
Northwell Health
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients who present to the medical intensive care unit with cardiopulmonary failure
Exclusion criteria
* None
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment of left ventricular function | within four hours of ICU admission | Will the assessment of left ventricular function by critical care physicians and echo techs be concordant? |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Presence of Pericardial Effusion and Severity | within 4 hrs of ICU admission | Will the presence of pericardial effusion and severity from critical care physicians and echo techs be concordant? |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Right ventricle dysfunction | within 4 hrs of ICU admission | Will presence of RV dysfunction with critical care physicians versus echo techs/cardiologists be concordant in our population? |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed