Complaints and Presumptive Diagnosis in a Danish Emergency Department

Completed

• Conditions: Symptoms on Admission; Presumptive Diagnosis on Admission; Final Diagnosis

• Registration Number: NCT01747434
• Lead Sponsor: University of Southern Denmark

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-01
• Primary Completion: 2010-12
• Study Completion: 2010-12
• Status Verified: 2012-12
• Study First Submitted: 2012-12-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-12-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-12-07
• Study First Posted: 2012-12-11
• Last Update Posted: 2012-12-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10070

Inclusion Criteria

• all acute patients admitted to emergency department

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
action diagnosis	0-48 hours after admission

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kolding Hospital Emergency Department; 🇩🇰 Kolding, Denmark