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Use of Telemedicine for Geriatric Emergency Patients

NCT04148027 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2019-11-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of the present study is the implementation of a telemedical geriatric co-evaluation in the area of the emergency department. The use of telemedicine is intended to improve the care of geriatric emergency patients.

Primarily, it should be checked whether there is any difference at all compared to the normal standard treatment by the doctors of the emergency department. For this, the different drug recommendations are compared.

For the qualitative evaluation, the second step is an analysis of the recommended drugs with regard to the use of inadequate preparations for older patients.

Conditions

  • Geriatric Patients

Interventions

OTHER

Treatment recommendation by emergency department physicians

Standard treatment after admission in the emergency department from a team of residents in internal medicine, neurology and general surgery.

OTHER

Treatment recommendation by telemedical geriatric co-evaluation

Treatment recommendation from a board-certified geriatrician linked for co-evaluation by means of video transmission

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • RWTH Aachen University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jörg Brokmann, PD Dr. · Emergency Department, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-11-01
Primary Completion
2018-02-28
Completion
2018-06-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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