Triage of Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department
- Conditions
- Abdominal Pain
- Registration Number
- NCT02064127
- Lead Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
- Brief Summary
The investigators aim to evaluate in a retrospective study the performance of the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale to identify at the door of the Emergency Department patients requiring emergent intervention.
- Detailed Description
All patients are triaged at the door of our Emergency Department using the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale. Patients with abdominal pain may be triaged in two different emergency levels (level 2: medical evaluation within 20 minutes, level 3: medical evaluation within 2 hours). These levels are determined using a set of specific criteria.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity of these specific criteria in order to identify promptly patients with abdominal pain the will require an emergent intervention during their stay in the Emergency Department.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 4000
- >= 16 y
- abdominal pain as the main complaint
- none
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Emergency intervention participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 2 weeks Emergency intervention is a composite outcome of: emergency surgical intervention or radiological intervention or emergent endoscopy
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to medical evaluation participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 5 hours We will evaluate the delay between triage evaluation and medical evaluation. We will compute the percentage of patients evaluated within timeframe accordingly to the Swiss Triage Emergency Scale
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Geneva University Hospitals
🇨🇭Geneva, Switzerland