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In acute dyspnea, the use of chest radiography is frequent and not very contributive, especially in the elderly patients.
However, early diagnosis of the cause of dyspnea in the ED is associated with a better prognosis, in particular for the identification of an infectious or cardiac origin.
Chest CT has already shown better diagnostic performances than conventional radiography in several pathologies such as low respiratory infection, and the development of so-called "low dose" scans allows to limit the irradiation during this examination.
The investigators aim to conduct a diagnostic study comparing non-injected chest CT-scan and conventional chest radiography in patients older than 65 presenting in the ED with acute dyspnea to assess whether CT-scan improves diagnosis.
Patients of 65 years and older presenting to the emergency department with acute dyspnea and for whom a chest radiography is mandatory will be screened for inclusion. If the inclusion criteria are met and in the absence of non-inclusion criteria, free and informed oral consent will be sought.
Once the patient is included, management by the emergency physician will be routine.
A non-injected chest CT scan will be requested to the emergency radiology department in addition to the chest radiography. As a result, an X-ray and then a CT scan will be performed in each patient.
3 diagnoses will be collected:
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT scan intervention | Experimental |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT scan | Other | A CT scan will be requested for every patient in addition to the chest X-ray |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Improved diagnosis | Proportion of patients with "bad diagnosis" before scanning and "good diagnosis" after scanning (according to adjudication committee) | 28 days after inclusion |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Discordant diagnosis | Proportion of patients with discordant pre- and post-scan diagnoses | 28 days after inclusion |
| Improvement in diagnostic certainty | Difference in "Diagnostic certainty" in percentage by self-assessment before and after scan |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Yonathan FREUND, PU-PH | Contact | 00 33 1 84 82 71 29 | yonathan.freund@aphp.fr | |
| Judith GORLICKI, MD | Contact | 0676871142 | Judith.gorlicki@aphp.fr |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Yonathan FREUND, PU-PH | Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency department Hospital Pitié-Salpêtrière | Paris | 75013 | France |
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| ID | Term |
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| D004417 | Dyspnea |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D012120 | Respiration Disorders |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
| D012818 | Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
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| 28 days after inclusion |
| Scans performed | Proportion of patients for whom the scan was actually performed | baseline (Day 0) |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |