Emergency Department (ED) Triage of Alcohol Abuse

Completed

• Conditions: Alcoholic Intoxication

• Registration Number: NCT02449772
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Geneva

Brief Summary

Retrospective study of adult patients (\> 16 y) admitted to Geneva University Hospitals with alcohol abuse. Triage criteria will be reviewed. Patients characteristics and patient flow in the ED will be described.

Detailed Description

A retrospective analysis of triage notes and electronic medical records will be performed in order to identify how triage evaluation is performed accordingly to the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale criteria. The proportion of patients leaving without being seen will be computed. Caracteristics of these patients will be compared to patients with medical evaluation.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-04
• Study First Submitted: 2015-04-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-05-15
• Study First Posted: 2015-05-20
• Primary Completion: 2015-06
• Study Completion: 2015-07
• Status Verified: 2015-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-12-24
• Last Update Posted: 2015-12-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 775

Inclusion Criteria

• Triage code = alcohol abuse
• > 16 y

Exclusion Criteria

• No alcohol abuse identified at triage
• < 16 y

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Triage questions asked	participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours	Number of questions asked at triage and proportion of patients with the full set of triage questions asked
Triage vital signs measured	participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours	Number of vital signs measured at triage and proportion of patients with the full set of triage vital signs measured
Number of undertriage	participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours	Number of patients with level 3 emergency levels attributed instead of level 2
Number of mistriage	participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours	Number of patients with erroneous triage reason attributed

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
% of patients leaving without being seen	participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Geneva University Hospitals, ED; 🇨🇭 Geneva, Switzerland