Randomized Clinical Trial of the Impact of a Respiratory Complaints Assessment Checklist on Resources Utilization and Clinical Outcomes in an Acute Evaluation Outpatient Clinic
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 39
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Need to visit the emergency department or acute evaluation outpatient clinic
研究概览
简要总结
This is a randomized clinical trial that evaluates the impact of using an internet-based checklist for systematic assessment of patients reporting respiratory complaints with the conventional assessment, without using the checklist.
详细描述
This is a randomized clinical trial that evaluates the impact of using an internet-based checklist for systematic assessment of patients reporting respiratory complaints with the conventional assessment, without using the checklist.
Study setting: emergency department related acute evaluation outpatient clinic
Inclusion criteria: 18 years of age or older; patients presenting to the ED reporting cough or dyspnea;
Exclusion criteria: acute respiratory failure; SpO2 < 92%; any signs of hemodynamic or respiratory instability; possible concurrent diagnosis requiring immediate assessment (e.g..: acute coronary syndrome or stroke; )
Primary outcome: need of reassessment in the ED or hospitalization within 1 month of index evaluation (intervention).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Need to visit the emergency department or acute evaluation outpatient clinic
时间窗: 1 month
Complete blood count ordered in the index evaluation
时间窗: 1 month
次要结局
- Number of diagnostic tests ordered in the index evaluation(1 month)
- Hospital admission(1 month)
- Antibiotics prescription(1 month)
- Major events(1 month)
研究者
André Luis Ferreira Azeredo-Da-Silva
Internal Medicine Department Physician
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre