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| The Society of General Practice, J. E. Purkyne Czech Medical Association | UNKNOWN |
| Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education, Czech republic | UNKNOWN |
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate reliability of Point-of-Care ultrasound evaluation performed by general practitioners.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate reliability of Point-of-Care ultrasound (POCUS) evaluation performed by general practitioners.
General practitioners who underwent predefined training in POCUS will perform ultrasound examination in outpatients meeting inclusion criteria. While this is observational study, result will not have an impact on the management of the patients.
Regardless of the POCUS examination, patients undergo a routine diagnostic process which is appropriate for the initial symptom. Imaging examinations will always be a part of this. This will serve as an expert control to evaluate the reliability of POCUS Each POCUS examination will also be recorded as a video loop, subsequently assessed by an expert in the POCUS and also used as an expert control.
The data will be analyzed by standard reliability testing.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Patients with dyspnea | Patients who visit a general practitioner for dyspnea will undergo a Point-of-Care ultrasound examination of the lungs to identify the presence or the absence of A-profile, B-profile and pleural effusion. |
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| Patients with abdominal pain | Patients who visit a general practitioner for abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant will undergo abdominal Point-of-Care ultrasound examination to identify cholecystolithiasis. |
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| Patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis | Patients who visit a general practitioner for pain and / or swelling of the lower extremity will undergo compression ultrasound testing to identify proximal deep vein thrombosis. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Ultrasound | Diagnostic Test | Each patient included to the study will undergo Point-of-Care ultrasound testing specific for the area defined in the Groups section. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Reliability of Point-of-Care ultrasound investigation of the lungs, gall bladder or proximal deep veins of lower extremities performed by general practitioner compared with the expert diagnostic method | General practitioners will perform the type of Point-of-Care ultrasound investigation which will relate to the type of symptoms. Then, the result of this investigation will be compared with the expert diagnostic method. This will be chest X ray scan or pulmonary CT for group 1 patients, expert abdominal ultrasound for group 2 patients and expert complete compression ultrasound for group 3 patients. These examinations are not study interventions, while they are a routine procedures, which would be indicated irrespective of the study. | 7 months |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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Adult outpatients.
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Roman Skulec, MD, PhD | Contact | +420 777 577 497 | skulec@email.cz | |
| David Halata, MD | Contact | +420 731 826 557 | halatad@gmail.com |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Roman Skulec, MD, PhD | Masaryk Hospital Usti nad Labem | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Masaryk Hospital Usti nad Labem | Recruiting | Ústí nad Labem | 40113 | Czechia |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 40200132 | Derived | Halata D, Zhor D, Skulec R, Seifert B. Accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound examination of the lung in primary care performed by general practitioners: a cross-sectional study. BMC Prim Care. 2025 Apr 8;26(1):99. doi: 10.1186/s12875-025-02802-4. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D014463 | Ultrasonography |
| ID | Term |
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| D003952 | Diagnostic Imaging |
| D019937 | Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures |
| D003933 | Diagnosis |
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