the Patients Journey Through Surgical Admission Ward Versus Emergency Department

NCT ID: NCT01733511

Last Updated: 2012-11-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

109 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-02-28

Study Completion Date

2012-01-31

Brief Summary

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Emergency departments are established in 20 hospitals in Denmark in order to improve the quality for the acute patients.

A group of acute patients which require timely assessment and plan from a specialist is patients with abdominal pain.

the aim of the present study is to evaluate whether the admission of the group of patients to emergency departments reduces the time to doctor, specialist and plan compared to the traditional admission to a surgical acute ward.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Waiting Time in Emergency Department

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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admitted to emergency department

No interventions assigned to this group

patients admitted to surgical ward

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* age more than 15 years
Minimum Eligible Age

15 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Southern Denmark

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Christian Backer Mogensen

assistant professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

References

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Schultz H, Mogensen CB, Pedersen BD, Qvist N. Front-end specialists reduce time to a treatment plan for patients with acute abdomen. Dan Med J. 2013 Sep;60(9):A4703.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24001465 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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SLB-ED-03-2012

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id