Status:

UNKNOWN

Enhanced-contrast Brain Ultrasound in Cardiorespiratory Arrest

Lead Sponsor:

Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

Conditions:

Cardiorespiratory Arrest

Microcirculation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Brain microcirculation alterations may be involved in comatose patients and non-survivors after cardiorespiratory arrest. For a three day-period, we investigate brain microcirculation using contrast-e...

Detailed Description

Brain ultrasound, extracranial echo-color duplex and ocular ultrasound (IE 33, Philips Medical System, the Netherlands) are performed in the first 24 hours, at 48 hours, and at 72-96 hours after succe...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • ICU patients with successful resuscitation after out-hospital or in-hospital cardiorespiratory arrest

Exclusion

  • Younger than 18 years old
  • Pregnancy
  • Acute or history of neurological disorder: stroke, bleeding, trauma, post-neurosurgery, tumor, meningitis.
  • Severe dementia, psychiatric or neuromuscular disability
  • Untreated Acute coronary syndrome
  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) with the ratio of arterial oxygen partial pressure (mmHg) to fractional inspired oxygen (PaO2/ FiO2) less than 150
  • Severe systolic pulmonary hypertension above 90 mmHg
  • Advanced liver cirrhosis with hyperammonemia
  • Uremia \> 200mmol/L
  • Acute drug intoxications with coma
  • Acute alcohol intoxication or withdrawal syndrome.
  • Advanced malign diseases.
  • History of allergy to the microbubble contrast SONOVUE.
  • Insufficient echogenicity to ultrasound and incomplete insonation of the intracerebral arteries and brain parenchyma.
  • Significant intracerebral and extracerebral arteries stenosis (≥ 70%) or vertebral artery hypoplasia (3mm).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04294316

Start Date

November 1 2019

End Date

December 31 2022

Last Update

May 19 2020

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Universitair ziekenhuis Brussel

Brussels, Belgium, 1200