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Management of Acute Pain in the Emergency Department

NCT00470652 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 631

Last updated 2009-01-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Oligoanalgesia1 has been widely recognized as an issue in emergency department.The purpose of our study is to assess the impact of the implementation of a computer-assisted support program to improve pain management in our ED.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

computer-assisted decision support

at the end of the pre-intervention period, the patient flow software was modified to open popup windows automatically when pain intensity was not documented or pain was not reevaluated within the recommended interval. The popup window also detailed appropriate pain treatment guidelines based on the documented pain intensity. In addition, the patient's icon in the flow software changed from black to red when pain intensity was \>4/10. After a 10-day test period, the post-intervention data collection started.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Societe Française de Medecine d'urgence

    collaborator OTHER

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Olivier W Hugli, MD,MPH · Centre Hospitalier Universiataire Vaudois

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Completion
2008-09-30

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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