The Copenhagen Triage Algorithm

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Triage
• Interventions: Behavioral: Copenhagen Triage Algorithm

• Registration Number: NCT02698319
• Lead Sponsor: Herlev Hospital

Brief Summary

Crowding in the emergency department (ED) is a well documented problem putting patients at risk of adverse outcomes. To combat this, most ED's use some form of triage. In the last two decades systematic triage or process triage has become the norm in most countries but this approach is supported by limited evidence. Our aim is to develop a faster triage model of only a few vital parameters, based on a data from a large cohort of unselected ED patients and evaluate if such a model combined with a clinical assessment by the ED nurse is inferior to existing triage models in a prospective cluster-randomized trial

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-04
• Study First Submitted: 2016-02-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-02-28
• Study First Posted: 2016-03-03
• Primary Completion: 2016-04
• Study Completion: 2016-06
• Status Verified: 2016-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-08-15
• Last Update Posted: 2016-08-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50000

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients presenting acutely to the Acute ward/Emergency department in two hospitals in the Capital of Denmark

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients presenting in Pediatric, Gynecological or Obstetric units

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Copenhagen Triage Algorithm	Copenhagen Triage Algorithm	The Copenhagen Triage Algorithm is used as triage form in the ED. The Copenhagen Triage Algorithm consists of a few vital parameters and a clinical assessment from the ED nurse.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
All cause mortality	30 days	Time frame starts at the beginning of the index admission, defined as first admission in the study period. Patients will be followed using central registers.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of patients with an admission to the intensive care unit	30 days
Length of stay during admission	30 days
Waiting time for treatment	8 hours	Waiting time from first presenting at ED to first treatment startet
Number of readmissions	30 and 90 days	Patients will be followed using central registers. All new admissions within 91 days of the same patient is defined as readmissions.
All cause mortality	90 days

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Bispebjerg Hospital; 🇩🇰 København NV, Region Hovedstaden, Denmark

Herlev Hospital; 🇩🇰 Herlev, Region Hovedstaden, Denmark