Point of Care Ultrasound to Predict Intensive Care Unit Admission of Patients Presenting With Sepsis to the Emergency Department

The Use of Point of Care Ultrasound to Predict Intensive Care Unit Admission of Patients Presenting With Sepsis to the Emergency Department

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05544903

Acronym

POCUS Sepsis

Enrollment

134

Registered

2022-09-19

Start date

2022-09-01

Completion date

2023-12-18

Last updated

2026-06-15

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Conditions

Sepsis

Brief summary

The FloPatch device will be applied to 150 septic patients in the emergency department before they receive fluid resuscitation. This study will assess whether initial FloPatch measured volume-responsiveness and volume of fluids used will predict a composite outcome of mortality, intensive care unit admission, or rapid response team activation. The development of fluid unresponsiveness throughout the initial fluid resuscitation will be assessed and its association with the composite outcome will be assessed.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Emergency department patient * 18+ years old * Systolic blood pressure less than 100mmHg * Respiratory rate greater than 22 breaths per minutes * Temperature greater than 38 degrees Celsius or less than 36 degrees Celsius * Heart rate greater than 90 beats per minute

Exclusion criteria

* Already intubated prior to emergency department arrival * Ventilator-dependent * Patients transferred from another hospital * Pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Mortality	24 hours	This study will ascertain whether the patient died within 24 hours of ED arrival.
ICU admission	24 hours	This study will ascertain whether the patient was admitted to the ICU within 24 hours of ED arrival.
Rapid response team activation	24 hours	This study will ascertain whether a rapid response team was activated for the patient within 24 hours of ED arrival.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORAllison Cohen, MD

North Shore University Hospital

Outcome results