Your phone could help spot deadly blood clots: app guides nurses to use ultrasound

NCT ID NCT06652568

Summary

This study tested a smartphone app called ThinkSono Guidance. The app is designed to guide nurses and other non-specialist healthcare workers on how to use a handheld ultrasound device to check for dangerous blood clots in the legs (deep vein thrombosis). The goal is to make this important diagnostic test faster and more accessible outside of hospital radiology departments, potentially speeding up diagnosis and treatment.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Allegheny Health Network

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212, United States

  • NYU Langone Health

    New York, New York, 10016, United States

  • South Texas Veterans Health System

    San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States

  • Temple Health

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19140, United States

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States

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