The safety and efficacy of implementing the PreHEART decision support tool by the Emergency Medical Service for patients with undifferentiated chest pain: a prospective randomized open blinded end-point study (PreHeart-3 study)
- Conditions
- chest pain10082206undifferentiated chest pain
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON48009
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 5150
Patients above 17years old,
Patients with undifferentiated chest discomfort
Ability to communicate in Dutch or English
Communication barrier (e.g. language, understanding),
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (electrocardiogram on scene is
standard workup),
Any obvious etiology for the symptoms requiring direct treatment (e.g. trauma),
Being previously evaluated by EMS for the same complaint (already considered
for participation)
High clinical suspicion of a life-threating condition (e.g. sudden death
survivor, hypothermia, shock, aortic dissection, hypoxia or intoxication),
Cognitive impairment,
End-stage renal disease,
Pregnancy,
Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent,
Not registered with a GP (huisarts).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method