The Vital Signs to Identify, Target, and Assess Level (VITAL) Care Study III

Completed

• Conditions: Renal Failure; Respiration Failure; Cardiac Arrest; Myocardial Infarction; Severe Sepsis
• Interventions: Device: Automatic RR Measurement

• Registration Number: NCT02973243
• Lead Sponsor: Philips Healthcare

Brief Summary

To evaluate the effect of automated recording on frequency of recorded scores, number of automated notifications and serious events.

Detailed Description

The frequency of EWS scores, number of automated notifications and serious events performed on a general ward is contingent on the quality and frequency of vital signs measurement like respiratory rate. This is due to the EWS escalation schemes of hospitals with an acute intervention team. Obtained sub-score trigger levels of vital signs contribute to higher and more frequent scoring.

We examine the influence of different respiration rate sensor concepts and measurements on scoring (NEWS and CREWS) and workflow in a typical UK gastroenterology and respiratory ward.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-10-05
• Study First Submitted: 2016-11-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-11-23
• Study First Posted: 2016-11-25
• Primary Completion: 2017-02-28
• Study Completion: 2017-02-28
• Status Verified: 2017-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-04-11
• Last Update Posted: 2017-04-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 446

Inclusion Criteria

• patients admitted to the study units during the period of data collection

Exclusion Criteria

• palliative patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Automatic Respiration Rate Measurement	Automatic RR Measurement	Patients with automatically measured respiratory rate

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of NEWS Scores	8-12 Weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital; 🇬🇧 Bangor, United Kingdom