Waarom belanden COPD patienten op de spoedeisende hulp?
- Conditions
- COPD
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON26285
- Lead Sponsor
- Orbis Medical Center, Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1300
Inclusion Criteria
This retrospective study will be performed at Orbis Medical Center, a 425-bed rural teaching hospital in Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands. Any patient with COPD who visited the emergency room between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012.
Exclusion Criteria
None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Distribution of respiratory and non-respiratory emergency room visits of COPD patients.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Distribution of medical specialism whom <br> COPD patients are primarily referred to <br> at their emergency room visits. <br /><br>2. Phenotypical differences between COPD <br> patients with respiratory and non-<br> respiratory emergency room visits.<br /><br>3. Percentage of COPD patients registered <br> at our hospital visiting the emergency <br> room.<br /><br>4. Overview of diagnoses<br /><br>5. Admission percentage<br /><br>6. Mortality analyses