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Optimizing Triage and Hospitalisation In Adult General Medical Emergency Patients: the TRIAGE Study

NCT01768494 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 7000

Last updated 2014-12-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) currently face inacceptable delays in initial treatment, and long and costly hospital stays due to suboptimal initial triage. Accurate ED triage should focus not only on initial treatment priority, but also on prediction of medical risk and nursing needs to improve site of care decision and to simplify early discharge management. Herein, we propose a large prospective cohort study to optimize initial patient triage for (a) better determination of initial treatment priority, (b) overall risk and need for inhospital treatment and (c) early assessment of post-acute nursing needs.

Conditions

  • Emergencies

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Philipp Schütz, PD Dr. med. · Medical University Clinic, Kantonsspital Aarau, Switzerland

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2014-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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