Pilot study to assess if a bedside point-of-care echocardiogram performed on emergency department patients identified as low-risk chest pain prior to discharge significantly changes patient disposition or follow up instructions.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
70
Four view ultrasound of the heart performed at the bedside by trained emergency medicine physicians.
Disposition
Will assess if the result of the point-of-care echocardiogram resulted in the physician of record changing subject disposition from discharge to admission. We will assess this by asking the physician of record what the disposition plan is for the patient and recording their answer on IRB approved data collection sheet.
Time frame: Day of enrollment
Follow up instructions
Will assess if the result of the point-of-care echocardiogram changed the follow up instructions or discharge medication decision for the enrolled subject as determined by the physician of record by asking them if the echo results caused them to add any additional discharge instructions for the patient. We will record their answer on the IRB approved data collection sheet.
Time frame: day of enrollment
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