N/A
N=384
Lung Ultrasound Implementation in the Management of Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19
Covid19
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04542421 ↗Enrolled (actual)
384
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Mar 2023
Primary outcome: Primary: Hospitalists Who Adopt Lung Ultrasound — 4 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Lung ultrasound use in patients hospitalized with COVID (Diagnostic_test)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
- Primary completion
- Jun 2021
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Hospitalists Who Adopt Lung Ultrasound |
4 | — |
| SECONDARY Patients With COVID Who Receive Lung Ultrasound |
298 | — |
Summary
Lung ultrasound (LUS) has also been shown to be more accurate than chest x-ray in identifying pulmonary consolidation and pulmonary edema, both of which are found in patients with COVID.
The investigators hypothesize implementation of LUS by hospitalists in the management of suspected or diagnosed patients with COVID-19 will reduce the need for Chest CT and chest x-ray, thereby conserving PPE, reducing risk of transmission to technicians and conserving the resources of radiology services that would otherwise be overwhelmed by patients with COVID-19 in need of chest imaging. Using the methods of implementation science, the investigators propose to respond to the urgent need for rapid implementation of LUS by hospitalists in management of adult patients hospitalized for COVID.
Aim 1a: Using a rapid-cycle weekly Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle and Rapid Iterative RE-AIM, to optimize the implementation of LUS by adult hospitalists in the management of COVID-19 patients in a pilot study
Aim 1b: Evaluate this pilot implementation of LUS by adult hospitalists using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Physicians and advanced care provider faculty in the Division of hospital medicine at University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora Colorado
Exclusion Criteria
- Physicians and advanced care provider Faulty within the Division of Hospital medicine at University of Colorado Hospital who care for hospitalized patients less than 2 weeks per year
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04542421). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.