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Early Warning System

NCT01741480 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 571

Last updated 2022-05-11

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Summary

The study will begin in 2013 whereby patients having an early warning system (EWS) alert will be randomized to be seen by the rapid response team (RRT) for triage versus usual care. A RRT is usually made up of a nurse and/or a physician who respond to a requested activation of the RRT (called an "ACT"). The intervention will occur as follows:

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Early warning system monitoring.

General hospital ward patients will be monitored 24/7 for clinical deterioration using the early warning system monitoring developed at Washington University.

OTHER

routine care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • American College of Chest Physicians

    collaborator OTHER

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marin Kollef, MD · Washington University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-02-28
Primary Completion
2013-05-31
Completion
2013-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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