To compare the sodium and potassium values on a simple, faster handheld device with that of a central lab machine -which is time-consuming, to identify any abnormal values and decide on quick treatment on patients coming to the emergency department
- Conditions
- Emergency medicineNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN11776777
- Lead Sponsor
- arayana Hrudayalaya Limited
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
1. Age above 18 years of either sex.
2. Patients presenting to ED with:
2.1. Unresponsiveness, with cardiac arrest without brain death
2.2. Hypovolemia
2.3. Patient in any form of shock: Hypovolumeic , Cardiogenic , Distributive , Septic
2.4. Anticipated sepsis and septic shock
2.5. Acute altered mental status
2.6. Acute respiratory distress
2.7. ACS
2.8. Cardiac rhythm disturbances
2.9. Seizures
2.10. CVA
2.11. Symptomatic patient with drug overdose
2.12. Poisoning – unknown compound/known
2.13. Abnormal blood sugar levels RBS < 40 mg% or >250 mg% or high unrecordable/low unrecordable blood sugars, by digital glucometers using capillary finger prick RBS.
2.14. Encephalopathies
2.15. Cardiac failure
2.16. AKI/CKD with acute symptoms
1. Less than 18 years of age
2. Burns patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sodium (Na+) and Potassium (K+) levels are measured from blood samples using a handheld arterial blood gas analyzer (ABG) and the central lab autoanalyzer at the time of sample, to compare the accuracy of results.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method