Feasibility of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients With Cardiac Arrest in Emergency Departments in the Netherlands
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Diagnostic test
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
The goal of this feasibility study is to learn if Dutch ED providers are able to use transesophageal echocardiography during cardiac arrest. The main question it aims to answer is: • are the ED providers able to determine the area of maximal compression of the heart using TEE
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• Patients with cardiac arrest \> 18 year in the emergency department.
Locations
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Netherlands
Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden
RECRUITING
Leeuwarden
Contact Information
Primary
Peter Veldhuis, MD
peter.veldhuis@mcl.nl
+3158 286 6666
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-06-25
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-05-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 30
Treatments
Experimental: TEE as POCUS modality.
TEE will be performed during cardiac arrest.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Frisius Medisch Centrum
Collaborators: Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis