Deutsches CPU-Register. Unterstützt Durch Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Chest Pain
- Sponsor
- Stiftung Institut fuer Herzinfarktforschung
- Enrollment
- 34470
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Internal and external validation of the medical care quality in the field of Chest Pain Units
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The Chest Pain Unit (CPU) register is a nationwide scientific investigation, in which data concerning the hospital-stay within the Chest Pain Unit are documented. Furthermore, a Follow-up via telephone is conducted after 3 months.
Detailed Description
The aim of a Chest Pain Unit (CPU) is to clarify unclear chest pain quickly and specifically. Present data from Germany, the USA and England prove that the organisation models of a CPU lead beside a drastic reduction of mortality also to a cost reduction as well as a shortening of the average inpatient hospital stays. Therefore it seems reasonable to assign a minimum standard to CPUs. Although there are internationally already standards for CPUs up to complete certification programmes, it is an explicit wish of the German society for cardiology (DGK) to create an own standard which considers on the national circumstances. The aim of the CPU register is the internal and external validation of the care quality of CPU including Benchmark reports and risk-adjusted comparisons.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •All patients that are admitted to a Chest Pain Unit are included in this register.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Missing informed consent (informed consent can NOT be given in the acute phase of the disease, if consciousness is limited at that time; instead the patient will be asked for his consent at a later point of time, when he is fully conscious).
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Internal and external validation of the medical care quality in the field of Chest Pain Units
Time Frame: hospital stay
including benchmark reports and risk adjusted comparisons.
Secondary Outcomes
- Documentation of CPU complications(up to 30 hours on average)
- Documentation of long-term mortality and serious but non-fatal complications(3 months after discharge)