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CompletedNCT02449772

Emergency Department (ED) Triage of Alcohol Abuse

Evaluation of ED Triage of Adult Patients With Alcohol Abuse

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
775 (actual)
Sponsor
University Hospital, Geneva · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
16 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Retrospective study of adult patients (\> 16 y) admitted to Geneva University Hospitals with alcohol abuse. Triage criteria will be reviewed. Patients characteristics and patient flow in the ED will be described.

Detailed description

A retrospective analysis of triage notes and electronic medical records will be performed in order to identify how triage evaluation is performed accordingly to the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale criteria. The proportion of patients leaving without being seen will be computed. Caracteristics of these patients will be compared to patients with medical evaluation.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERNo interventionNo intervention

Timeline

Start date
2015-04-01
Primary completion
2015-06-01
Completion
2015-07-01
First posted
2015-05-20
Last updated
2015-12-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02449772. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.