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Filter by:In this project, investigators apply operations research techniques, more specifically data analytics, system simulation, mathematical modelling, and optimization, for analyzing and improving operations in the Emergency Department at the Prince of Wales Hospital. The long term goals of this project are to demonstrate that integrated approach of data analytics and systems thinking is beneficial to health service planning and to extend present work to applications in other health-service systems.
As the spike in the number and severity of patients with critical patients, then quickly effective transfusion treatment demand becomes more and more serious, and the pattern of infusion pathways have traditionally used already can not adapt to this change, therefore, an urgent need to establish a set of is in line with international standards and accord with the situation of our country is simple, effective and scientific accuracy of IO management solution. In order to ensure the safety of the treatment of acute and critical patients, and in the province and even domestic experts recognized and promoted the application.
The Pulmonary Embolism Rule Out Criteria (PERC) is an 8-item rule, that was derived and tested to rule out the diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism (PE) in the Emergency Department (ED) amongst low risk patients. Even though meta analyses have confirmed the safety of its utilization, equipoise remains - especially in European country where the prevalence of PE is higher than in the US- on whether this rule could be safely applied to all low risk emergency patients with a suspicion of PE. The PROPER Trial is a non inferiority , cluster randomized trial. All centers will recruit patients with a suspicion of PE and a low pre test probability. To rule out the diagnosis of PE, center will use the usual diagnostic strategies with D-dimeres measurement for 6 months, and PERC based strategy for 6 months. In the control group (usual strategy), patients will be tested for D-dimeres, followed if positive by a Computed Tomography of Pulmonary Artery (CTPA). In the intervention group (PERC Based), patients will be first assessed with PERC score. If PERC=0, then the diagnosis of PE will be exclude with no supplemental investigations. If PERC>0, then patients will undergo the usual strategy, with D-dimeres measurement +/- CTPA. The primary outcome is the failure percentage of the diagnostic strategy, defined as diagnosed deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or PE at 3 month follow up, among patients for whom PE has been initially ruled out.
Multicenter cluster randomized study to evaluate the reduction of the rate of severe medical errors with implementation of systematic cross checkings between emergency physician.
The trial is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a newly established Observational unit at St. Olavs Hospital in terms of readmission rates, compared to the provision of care in normal/traditional units for defined diagnosis and medical problems.