Training Medical Residents in the Use of the Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) Score for Bedside Volume Assessment.

ConditionsAcute Heart Failure (AHF)Fluid Over-load Congestion Congestion, Venous

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

AgeNot listed

SponsorInsel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

About this trial

This randomized controlled trial evaluates the effectiveness of two training approaches (in-person versus remote) for teaching medical residents to apply the Venous Excess Ultrasound (VExUS) score for bedside volume assessment in patients with acute heart failure. Resident performance will be compared to that of expert physicians certified in abdominal and duplex sonography.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Medical residents in general internal medicine

Basic ultrasound skills (POCUS component 1 or ≥200 scans)

Working at study site during study period

Disqualifiers

SGUM certification in abdominal ultrasound

Advanced duplex ultrasound experience

Prior vascular/duplex training

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

In-person VExUS Training Program
Remote VExUS Training Program
No intervention

Treatment groups

23 Participants

are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov