Point-of-care lung ultrasound in children with fever or suspected pneumonia

Point-of-care lung ultrasound in children with fever or suspected pneumonia - POCUS in children with fever

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON57727

Enrollment

200

Registered

2024-12-07

Start date

2025-11-25

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-01-05

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Pneumonia Pneumonia

Interventions

Lungultrasound&nbsp

Eligibility

Age

No minimum to 11 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - age 31 days up to 16 years  - presenting to the emergency department  - fever without apparent focus after clinical assesment and history or suspected pneumonia patient 

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The child and/or parents/caretakers are not able to consent to the study  Insufficiënt understanding of the Dutch or English language

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Feasibility of the study protocol.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
2.         To gain insight in the parameters required for the sample size calculations in fever without apparent focus e.g.: prevalence of pneumonia, number of inclusions.3.         To assess the sensitivity and specificity of lung ultrasound for diagnosing pneumonia in suspected pneumonia patients	—

Countries

Netherlands

Contacts

Public ContactR Hond

Canisius Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis (CWZ)

r.dehond@cwz.nl024 365 76570

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)