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First received: November 22, 2022

Clinical Trial: Change in MAPSE During Treatment of Sepsis

Study Status: Completed

Recruit Status: RECRUITING

Condition: Sepsis

Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL


Official Title: Evaluation of Mitral Annulus Systolic Plane Excursion (MAPSE) in Emergency Department Patients With Sepsis

Brief Summary: Patients with bloodstream infections (sepsis) have been found in prior studies to have infection-related heart dysfunction, even if they did not have preexisting heart problems.Factors related to the infection may cause the heart to not pump as well as it should, causing critical illness in the form of low blood pressure (shock) and heart failure.Ultrasound is frequently used in the emergency department to evaluate why a patient might have low blood pressure.Part of that evaluation may include obtaining ultrasound…

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