Diagnostic Value of Arterial Blood Gas Analysis in Prehospital Patients

Completed

• Conditions: Unconscious (Psychology)
• Interventions: Other: With arterial blood gas, parameters not being normal can be corrected

• Registration Number: NCT03006692
• Lead Sponsor: Odense University Hospital

Brief Summary

In the anesthesiologist-manned mobile emergency car unit an analyzing device for blood gas testing is present since 2014. This study will determine if a prehospital arterial blood gas helps the doctor to make more precise diagnosis prehospitally. Furthermore it will be determined if the doctors find this device helpful in assessing and treating patients with affected consciousness.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-06
• Study First Submitted: 2016-12-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-12-27
• Study First Posted: 2016-12-30
• Primary Completion: 2018-04
• Study Completion: 2018-04-01
• Status Verified: 2018-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-03
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• GCS < 13

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Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant or breastfeeding
• detained or imprisoned patient

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Take arterial blood gas	With arterial blood gas, parameters not being normal can be corrected	Patients with impaired consciousness are randomised into having analysed a arterial blood gas.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Diagnostic accuracy	220 patients in 1.5 year	Will there be fewer observational diagnosis

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Doctor satisfaction	220 patients in 1.5 year	Did the doctor find the arterial gas or lack of it affected the treatment and diagnosis

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Odense University Hospital; 🇩🇰 Odense C, Odense, Denmark