LOw-dose CT Or Lung UltraSonography versus standard of care based-strategies for the diagnosis of pneumonia in the elderly: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial (OCTOPLUS)

• Beat Lehmann,
• Christine Baumgartner,
• Laurent Kaiser,
• Tanja Birrenbach,
• Christophe Combescure,
• Jerôme Stirnemann,
• Olivier Grosgurin,
• Jean-Luc Reny,
• Enos Bernasconi,
• Dina Zekry,
• Christophe Marti,
• François Herrmann,
• Xavier Roux,
• Pierre-Alexandre Poletti,
• Antonio Leidi,
• Virginie Prendki,
• Nicolas Garin,
• Alexandra Platon,
• Thomas Sauter,
• Wolf Hautz,
• Gianluca Argentieri,
• Cristina Boehm-Bosmani,
• Clémence Cuvelier,
• Christophe Fehlmann,
• Pauline Gosselin,
• Alessandro Jessula,
• Aileen Kharat,
• Véronique Lachat,
• Cornelia Lambrigger,
• Elisa Marchi,
• Mihaela Martinvalet,
• Lara Morosoli,
• Daniel Ott,
• Thibault Parent,
• Frédéric Rouyer,
• Thomas Ruder,
• Max Scheffler,
• Guillaume Soret,
• Jérôme Tessieras,
• Catherine Vindret,
• Enrico Zucconi

Affiliations

Beat Lehmann

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital, Berne, Switzerland

Christine Baumgartner

internist

Laurent Kaiser

Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Tanja Birrenbach

1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital Berne, Bern, Switzerland

Christophe Combescure

senior scientist

Jerôme Stirnemann

General Internal Medicine Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneve, Switzerland

Olivier Grosgurin

General Internal Medicine Division, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneve, Switzerland

Jean-Luc Reny

general internist

Enos Bernasconi

4 Division of Infectious Diseases, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland

Dina Zekry

Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Christophe Marti

Division of General Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

François Herrmann

5 Division of Geriatrics, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Xavier Roux

Pierre-Alexandre Poletti

Division of Radiodiagnosis and Interventional Radiology, Department of Medical Radiology and Informatics, Geneva University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland

Antonio Leidi

Division of General Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Virginie Prendki

Division of Internal Medicine for the Aged, Geneva University Hospitals, Thônex, Switzerland

Nicolas Garin

Division of General Internal Medicine, Riviera Chablais Hospitals, Rennaz, Switzerland

Alexandra Platon

Diagnostic Department, Division of Radiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Thomas Sauter

Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Wolf Hautz

Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Gianluca Argentieri

Cristina Boehm-Bosmani

Clémence Cuvelier

Christophe Fehlmann

Pauline Gosselin

Alessandro Jessula

Aileen Kharat

Véronique Lachat

Cornelia Lambrigger

Elisa Marchi

Mihaela Martinvalet

Lara Morosoli

Daniel Ott

Thibault Parent

Frédéric Rouyer

Thomas Ruder

Max Scheffler

Guillaume Soret

Jérôme Tessieras

Catherine Vindret

Enrico Zucconi