NCT03494998

Refining and Testing the Diagnostic Accuracy of PAT-POPS

Refining and Testing the Diagnostic Accuracy of an Assessment Tool (PAT-POPS) to Predict Admission and Discharge of Children and Young People Who Attend an Emergency Department

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 80,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

Increasing attendances by children (aged 0-16 years) at UK emergency departments (EDs) is putting pressure on the National Health Service (NHS). Health professionals make complex judgements on whether children attending EDs can be sent home safely or require admission. The Pennine Acute Hospitals (PAT) Paediatric Observation Priority Score (PAT-POPS) was developed as an ED-specific screening tool for this purpose. A preliminary study showed it to be a potentially effective tool for deciding admission of children from the ED. Therefore, the focus of this study is to refine the original screening tool.

Conditions

• Pediatric ALL

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	PAT-POPS	Emergency Department-specific screening tool

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-02-08
• Primary completion: 2019-01-31
• Completion: 2019-01-31
• First posted: 2018-04-11
• Last updated: 2018-04-11

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United Kingdom

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study