Blood Pressure in the Emergency Department

Completed

• Conditions: Hypertension; Emergencies; Blood Pressure

• Registration Number: NCT03954119
• Lead Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet

Brief Summary

This is a cohort study based on a large sample (\> 600 000) of emergency department (ED) visits from two university hospital EDs. Information on incident disease after discharge from the ED will be collected through linkage to Swedish national in-patient register and cause of death register. The importance of blood pressure measured at the ED for incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease during long term follow up will be studied by Cox-regression analysis

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2016-03-31
• Study Completion: 2016-03-31
• Status Verified: 2019-05
• Study First Submitted: 2019-05-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-05-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-05-16
• Study First Posted: 2019-05-17
• Last Update Posted: 2019-05-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300272

Inclusion Criteria

• Attending the Emergency departments (ED) at Karolinska University hospital in Solna or Huddinge during the specified time period
• Record of blood pressure measurement from the ED-visit

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Incident Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD)	20161231	ASCVD was defined as a combination of fatal coronary heart disease (CHD ), (I210-I214, I219, I220, I221, I228, I229, I461 or I469), non-fatal MI (I210-I214, I219, I220, I221, I228 or I229), fatal and non-fatal ischemic stroke (I630-I635, I638 or I639). According to the International Classification of Diseases 10th edition (ICD-10).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Incident Myocardial infarction (MI)	2016-12-31	Fatal and non-fatal Myocardial infarction (MI) I210-I214, I219, I220, I221, I228 or I229. I200 were included if combined with intervention procedure codes FNA-FNG, FNW) , according to the International Classification of Diseases 10th edition (ICD-10).
Incident Heart failure	2016-12-31	I50 according to the International Classification of Diseases 10th edition (ICD-10).
Incident All-cause stroke	2016-12-31	Fatal and non-fatal all-cause stroke. I61, I630-I635, I638, I639, I64, according to the International Classification of Diseases 10th edition (ICD-10).
Incident chronic kidney disease (CKD)	2016-12-31	I120, I131 E10.2-E10.5,E10.7,E11.2-E11.5, E11.7,E12.2-E12.5,E12.7, E13.2- E13.5,E13.7,E14.2-E14.5, E14.7 N032-037, N052-057, N18, N19, N250, Z49,Z49.0,Z49.1, Z49.2,Z49.01, Z49.02,Z49.3,Z49.31,Z49.32, Z99.2, I77.0 Z94.0 according to the International Classification of Diseases 10th edition (ICD-10).