The main objective is to assess the validation of the diagnosis early acute pulmonary edema in elderly patients with acute respiratory distress, admitted in a host of vital emergency services by lung ultrasound associated with the measurement of the inferior vena cava.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
123
Each patient admitted for suspicion of acute lung edema will be treated according to the protocol of the emergency department. Another doctor will independently do a lung ultrasound and measurement of the inferior vena cava. The ultrasound results are not made available to the doctor in charge of the patient. At the end of the study, all the files will be analyzed by a independent committee, blinded ultrasound results for the final diagnosis of acute pulmonary edema.
University Hospital Toulouse
Toulouse, Midi Pyrenees, France
The result of lung ultrasound associated with the measurement of the inferior vena cava.
Confirm the diagnosis of acute pulmonary edema associated with lung ultrasound to measure the inferior vena cava in patients aged over 65 years in acute respiratory distress, admitted to a service life-threatening emergencies. By checking the results of the ultrasound done by a different doctor from the one who took care of the patient.
Time frame: 2 hours
Number of the proportion of appropriate and inappropriate treatment.
Comparison of specific treatments begun to emergency, as defined by the latest recommendations of Cardiology and Pneumology companies compared to the treatment that would have been given over the results of pulmonary ultrasound.
Time frame: 2 hours
The duration of the medical care.
The time between the patient support and the final diagnosis.
Time frame: 2 hours
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