Introducing point-of-care ultrasound at the bedside for diagnosing opportunistic diseases in patients with HIV

Introducing point-of-care ultrasound at the bedside for diagnosing opportunistic diseases in patients with HIV - Point-of care ultrasound for patients with HIV

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON49983

Enrollment

Registered

2020-06-11

Start date

2020-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-04-15

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Conditions

HIV immune deficiency cauased by viral infection

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients newly presenting with HIV to the outpatient clinic with a CD4 T-cell count below 350 cells/mm3, and all patients with HIV requiring admission to hospital.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Absence of informed consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Our primary outcomes include acceptability of POCUS by patients, interobserver variation in interpretation of POCUS images, and number of diagnosed AIDS and non-AIDS related problems.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secundary outcomes include sensitivity and specificity, negative predictive value and positive predictive value of our POCUS protocol. In addition, incidence rates of opportunistic infections will be compared to a historical matched control group.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results