Diagnostic Value of Arterial Blood Gas Analysis in Prehospital Patients

Unconscious (Psychology) Clinical Trial

— ABL  

Official title:

Diagnostic Value of Arterial Blood Gas Analysis in Prehospital Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03006692
• Other study ID #: ABL Laegebil Odense
• Status: Completed
• Start date: June 2016
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: May 2018
• Source: Odense University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

In the anesthesiologist-manned mobile emergency car unit an analyzing device for blood gas testing is present since 2014. This study will determine if a prehospital arterial blood gas helps the doctor to make more precise diagnosis prehospitally. Furthermore it will be determined if the doctors find this device helpful in assessing and treating patients with affected consciousness.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 300
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: April 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• GCS < 13

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant or breastfeeding

• detained or imprisoned patient

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Unconscious (Psychology)

Intervention

Other:
• With arterial blood gas, parameters not being normal can be corrected
If arterial blood gas is analysed answers provide the possibility to make more accurate diagnosis and treat specific abnormal parameters (e.g. electrolytes, oxygenation and so forth).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Odense University Hospital	Odense C	Odense

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Odense University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Diagnostic accuracy	Will there be fewer observational diagnosis	220 patients in 1.5 year
Secondary	Doctor satisfaction	Did the doctor find the arterial gas or lack of it affected the treatment and diagnosis	220 patients in 1.5 year