Acute Chest Triage Rapid Intervention Guided by Home Care or Telecare

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease (COAD); Respiratory; Chronic obstructive airways disease (COAD)

• Registration Number: ISRCTN55776263
• Lead Sponsor: orth Liverpool Primary Care Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-09-08
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

Patients referred to Accident and Emergency (A&E) for assessment, following exacerbation of COAD. Inclusion criteria include forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) <80% predicted, Systolic blood pressure (BP) >100 mmHg, pH >7.4, pO2 >6.7 kPa

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria include pneumothorax, uncontrolled left ventricular failure (LVF), acute electrocardiogram (ECG) changes, asthma, pneumonia, and previous participation in trial.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified