NCT04518514

Telemedical Risk Assessment and Preoperative Evaluation (TAPE)

Telemedical Risk Assessment and Preoperative Evaluation for Anesthesia During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: RWTH Aachen University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, patient satisfaction and time saving of a telemedical risk assessment and preoperative evaluation for anesthesia.

Detailed description

The preanesthesia evaluation and risk assessment is conducted by an anesthesiologist prior to elective surgery. The physician assesses the patient´s medical records and specifies the individual preoperative procedure in order to minimize the perioperative risks. The on-site meeting is often connected with extended travel time and during the COVID-19 pandemic also with an increased infection risk for the patient. This project was initiated to reduce time efforts on patient site and to reduce possible infection risks. The TAPE-software turns every patients home into a remote facility allowing the physician to conduct the preanesthesia evaluation over distance.

Conditions

• Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery With Anesthesia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	TAPE-Software	Telemedical Risk Assessment and Preoperative Evaluation prior to anaesthesia via personal computer

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-04-20
• Primary completion: 2020-10-31
• Completion: 2020-11-30
• First posted: 2020-08-19
• Last updated: 2020-08-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany