Can the Point-Of-Care Chemistry Test (POCT) Solve the Emergency Department (ED) Crowding?

NCT ID: NCT01402635

Last Updated: 2012-07-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

10244 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-01-31

Study Completion Date

2011-08-31

Brief Summary

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The hypothesis of this study that the Point-Of-Care Chemistry Test (POCT) may shorten Emergency Department (ED) length of stay (LOS).

Detailed Description

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ED crowding is one of the most serious problems in ED. POCT has shorter turn-around time compared to centralized laboratory system. If POCT introduce to ED, it may help to shorten LOS of ED patients.

Conditions

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Crowding

Keywords

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crowding Point-of-Care Systems emergency medicine

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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POCT lab

The patient group whose laboratory test perform by POCT chemistry analyzer.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

point-of-care chemistry test(POCT) (Piccolo)

Intervention Type DEVICE

comprehensive chemistry POCT including ALB, ALP, ALT, AST, BUN, Ca, Cl-, Cre, Glu, K+, Na+, TBil, TCO2, TP It takes 12minutes to perform analyze.

central laboratory group(CLT)

The patients group whose laboratory test perform by central laboratory.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

point-of-care chemistry test(POCT) (Piccolo)

Intervention Type DEVICE

comprehensive chemistry POCT including ALB, ALP, ALT, AST, BUN, Ca, Cl-, Cre, Glu, K+, Na+, TBil, TCO2, TP It takes 12minutes to perform analyze.

Interventions

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point-of-care chemistry test(POCT) (Piccolo)

comprehensive chemistry POCT including ALB, ALP, ALT, AST, BUN, Ca, Cl-, Cre, Glu, K+, Na+, TBil, TCO2, TP It takes 12minutes to perform analyze.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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Piccolo® xpress Piccolo® Comprehensive Metabolic Reagent Disc

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients older than 15 years
* clinically required to have chemistry lab tests
* ESI 2-5
* written agreement to participate

Exclusion Criteria

* no agreement
* ESI level 1
* no chemistry lab
Minimum Eligible Age

15 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Seoul National University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sang Do Shin

Associated professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Sang Do Shin, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Seoul National University Hospital

Locations

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Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status

Countries

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South Korea

References

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Lee EJ, Shin SD, Song KJ, Kim SC, Cho JS, Lee SC, Park JO, Cha WC. A point-of-care chemistry test for reduction of turnaround and clinical decision time. Am J Emerg Med. 2011 Jun;29(5):489-95. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.11.020. Epub 2010 Apr 24.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20825817 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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SNUEMS201101

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id