Automated Early Warning Scoring on Surgical Normal Wards
- Conditions
- Safety IssuesEmergencies
- Registration Number
- NCT03461133
- Lead Sponsor
- University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
- Brief Summary
Establishment of early warning systems in hospitals was strongly recommended in recent guidelines to detect deteriorating patients early and direct them to adequate care. Upon meeting of predefined trigger criteria Medical Emergency Teams (MET) should be directed to these patients. The present study analyses the effect of introduction of an automated early warning and trigger system on two peripheral wards hosting a highly complex surgical patient cohort.
- Detailed Description
The deployment of an electronic monitoring and notification system is accompanied by data acquisition over 12 months (intervention) using four routine databases: Hospital patient data management, anesthesia database, local data of the German Resuscitation Registry, and measurement logs of the automated patient monitoring and alert system (intervention period only). A preceding time period of 12 months served as control.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 3827
- Admission to one of the participating wards
- none
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method In hospital cardiac arrests on average 14 days per patient, cumulative over 12 months in each observed cohort Patient cardiac arrests during stay
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University Hospital Dresden
🇩🇪Dresden, Germany
University Hospital Dresden🇩🇪Dresden, Germany