Emergency Department (ED) Triage of Alcohol Abuse

Alcoholic Intoxication Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation of ED Triage of Adult Patients With Alcohol Abuse

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02449772
• Other study ID #: CER-14083R
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 28, 2015
• Last updated: December 24, 2015
• Start date: April 2015
• Est. completion date: July 2015

Study information

• Verified date: December 2015
• Source: University Hospital, Geneva
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Switzerland: Ethikkommission
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Retrospective study of adult patients (> 16 y) admitted to Geneva University Hospitals with alcohol abuse. Triage criteria will be reviewed. Patients characteristics and patient flow in the ED will be described.

Description:

A retrospective analysis of triage notes and electronic medical records will be performed in order to identify how triage evaluation is performed accordingly to the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale criteria. The proportion of patients leaving without being seen will be computed. Caracteristics of these patients will be compared to patients with medical evaluation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 775
• Est. completion date: July 2015
• Est. primary completion date: June 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 16 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Triage code = alcohol abuse

• > 16 y

Exclusion Criteria:

• No alcohol abuse identified at triage

• < 16 y

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Alcoholic Intoxication

Intervention

Other:
• No intervention
No intervention

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Geneva University Hospitals, ED	Geneva

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Geneva

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Triage questions asked	Number of questions asked at triage and proportion of patients with the full set of triage questions asked	participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours	No
Primary	Triage vital signs measured	Number of vital signs measured at triage and proportion of patients with the full set of triage vital signs measured	participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours	No
Primary	Number of undertriage	Number of patients with level 3 emergency levels attributed instead of level 2	participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours	No
Primary	Number of mistriage	Number of patients with erroneous triage reason attributed	participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours	No
Secondary	% of patients leaving without being seen		participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours	No