Complaints and Presumptive Diagnosis in a Danish Emergency Department

Final Diagnosis Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01747434
• Other study ID #: SLB-ED-05-2012
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 7, 2012
• Last updated: December 7, 2012
• Start date: January 2010
• Est. completion date: December 2010

Study information

• Verified date: December 2012
• Source: University of Southern Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: The Regional Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Acute patients in Denmark are often admitted to Emergency Departments by their General Practitioner with a presumptive diagnosis.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic value of the pre-admission presumptive diagnosis and to assess if the presumptive diagnosis could be replaced by a number of symptom-based groups.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 10070
• Est. completion date: December 2010
• Est. primary completion date: December 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• all acute patients admitted to emergency department

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Final Diagnosis
• Presumptive Diagnosis on Admission
• Symptoms on Admission

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Kolding Hospital Emergency Department	Kolding

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Southern Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	action diagnosis		0-48 hours after admission	No