Prevalence Rate of Pulmonary Embolism Among Not Anticoagulated Patients

MeAsurement of uneXpected Acute Pulmonary embolIsM Among Not Anticoagulated Patients Older Than 75 Years Admitted With Syncope.

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03525535

Acronym

MAXIME

Enrollment

Registered

2018-05-15

Start date

2018-06-14

Completion date

2018-11-27

Last updated

2019-09-16

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Conditions

Pulmonary Embolism

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence rate of pulmonary embolism among not anticoagulated patient older than 75 years old admitted with syncope and hospitalised in the Toulon Hospital

Detailed description

This study will be proposed to every patient that correspond to eligibility criteria. Will be included only those who are not opposed to the collection of their data. The data collected will come from the routine care such as medical history, clinical datas, imaging data… The number of pulmonary imaging will be assessed before the diagnostic strategy proposed by Dr Prandoni and after the application of this strategy thanks to a questionnaire to physicians.

Interventions

OTHERdata collection

data from patient included will be collected during the study

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

75 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Male or Female over 75 years-old * Emergency consult resulting on an hospitalization in the geriatric service or in the internal medicine service * Hospitalised in the Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Toulon for syncope, presenting these symptoms: * Loss of consciousness with quick return to normal (less than one minute) * Spontaneous resolution

Exclusion criteria

* history of syncope * other loss of consciousness (epilepsy, stroke, head trauma) * anticoagulated treatment * patient's objection

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pulmonary embolism prevalence	24 month	Prevalence rate of pulmonary embolism among patient hospitalized for syncope and diagnosed with ventilation/perfusion scan or CT scan.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Assess the impact of the Prandoni's recommendations on the paraclinical evaluations	24 month	Number of CT-scans that are made systematically since the Prandoni's recommendations are applied in the hospital

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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