Registry of Patients With Acute Dyspnea in the Emergency Department

NCT01910233 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: OOB01
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 947
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a prospective registry of patients presenting with acute dyspnea to the emergency department of the city hospital in Nuremberg. There is evidence that acute dyspnea is associated with a mortality rate of 10%, however acute dyspnea is not perceived as a life-threatening condition, both in public and in health care providers. Our aim is to describe the patient collective concerning their demographics, baseline characteristics, type of referral and disposition, medical care processes and prognosis. Secondly, we want to evaluate if the subjective risk assessment of emergency department personnel matches with objective risk stratification tools and the actual outcome of the studied patients.

Conditions

Dyspnea; Heart Failure; COPD

Keywords

dyspnea; registry; baseline characteristics; mortality; risk assessment; emergency department

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• all cause mortality

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• demographics and baseline characteristics

  1 month

• medical care processes

  1 day

• subjective and objective risk assessment

  1 month

Study Arms (1)

adult patients with acute dyspnea in ED

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients presenting to the emergency department of the city hospital Nuremberg

You may qualify if:

• expression of acute dyspnea in the emergency department

You may not qualify if:

• age \< 18 years

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Klinikum Nürnberg: lead

Study Sites (1)

Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, City Hospital Nuremberg

Nuremberg, Bavaria, 90471, Germany

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Dyspnea; Heart Failure; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; Emergencies

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Respiration Disorders; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lung Diseases; Chronic Disease; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes

Study Officials

• Michael Christ, Prof.

  Klinikum Nürnberg

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Target Duration: 6 Months
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Prof. Dr. med. Michael Christ

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 25, 2013
• First Posted: July 29, 2013
• Study Start: May 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2015
• Study Completion: December 1, 2015
• Last Updated: April 1, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-03

Locations

DE (1)