CompletedNot Applicable

Telementoring for Emergency Ultrasonography Performed by Emergency Physicians With Low Experience.

South Korea103 participantsStarted 2014-06

Plain-language summary

1. Purpose * This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of iPhone based telementoring for the ultrasonography. 2. Methods * Study Design: Prospective observational study * Study Setting: Urban academic ED of tertiary care teaching hospital * Study period: July, 2014 \~ December, 2014 (six months) * Study participants: Of the patients who need to undergo ultrasonography in the ED, those who are agreed to participate in this study are enrolled. 3. We hypothesize that the iPhone based real time tele-diagnosis by remote expert would not be different from the diagnosis via his/her direct ultrasound examination.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * the patients who undergo the emergency physician-performed ultrasonography Exclusion Criteria: * the failure of examination due to such as patients' severe obesity, a large amount of gas and etc. * the patients who refuse to participate in this study. * the patients who need emergency ultrasonography.

What they're measuring

Diagnostic accuracy by using Receiver Operating Characteristics (area under the curve)

Timeframe: up to 6 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02160509

SponsorHanyang University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2014-12

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