Monitoring of Lung Sounds of Patients With Pneumonia

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01818089

Enrollment

Registered

2013-03-26

Start date

2013-04-30

Completion date

2014-02-28

Last updated

2015-09-23

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Conditions

Pneumonia

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to investigate if any correlation between lung sounds of pneumonia patients and the clinical development or therapy of the pneumonia exists.

Interventions

DEVICELung sound analyzer

Patients will be aucultated with lung sound analyzer. The auscultation will be done three times daily during the duration of the complete hospital stay.

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* ambulant aquired pneumonia with typically radiological signs * hospitalisation at medical clinic I, university hospital Aachen * age at least \> 18 years * CRB-65 score \> 1 * CRP\> 60mg/l * fever * lung sounds audible by stethoscope * legal capacity and being able to understand and to follow the instructions of the study staff * being able to consent and being able to understand the importance and the consequence of the study * not being accomondated in an institution

Exclusion criteria

* pneumonia acquired in a hospital * artificial respiration or other means for supporting respiration * allergic reaction because of skin contact with polymers * pregnancy or breast feeding

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Sound of lungs	5 days	3 times a day for longest 5 days

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026