The Patient Characteristics and Mortality of Code Blue Calls

NCT02203435 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: GK1
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,050
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study aimed to retrospectively examine patients evaluated by the Code Blue team on a Code Blue call in our hospital between 2009 and 2013. Primary outcome: an examination of the survival rates and demographic data of the patients evaluated as an emergency by a Code Blue call in the period 2009-2013.Secondary outcome: to determine the rates of false Code Blue calls, the clinics giving Code Blue calls and the relationship between the times of Code Blue calls and mortality.Inclusion criteria: patients throughout the whole hospital for whom a Code Blue form was completed and who were evaluated by the Code Blue team on a Code Blue call. Exclusion criteria: patients who refused treatment

Conditions

Demographics of the Patients Evaluated by Code Blue Call

Keywords

code blue; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; APACHE

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• mortality of blue-codes

  an examination of the survival rates and demographic data of the patients evaluated as an emergency by a Code Blue call in the period 2009-2013.

  5 years

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• the demographics of blue code admissions

  5 years

Other Outcomes (1)

• the rate of successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation

  5 years

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

This study aimed to retrospectively examine patients evaluated by the Code Blue team on a Code Blue call in our hospital between 2009 and 2013.Retrospective examination was made of the Code Blue notification forms which were completed by the anaesthesiologist as Code Blue team leader of the hospital.

You may qualify if:

• Patients throughout the whole hospital for whom a Code Blue form was completed and who were evaluated by the Code Blue team on a Code Blue call.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who refused treatment

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Gulsah Karaoren: lead

Study Sites (1)

Istanbul Umraniye Education and Research Hospital

Istanbul, Istanbul, 34760, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Grimaldi D, Dumas F, Perier MC, Charpentier J, Varenne O, Zuber B, Vivien B, Pene F, Mira JP, Empana JP, Cariou A. Short- and long-term outcome in elderly patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a cohort study. Crit Care Med. 2014 Nov;42(11):2350-7. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000512.

  PMID: 25054671 BACKGROUND

• Fecho K, Jackson F, Smith F, Overdyk FJ. In-hospital resuscitation: opioids and other factors influencing survival. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2009;5:961-8. doi: 10.2147/tcrm.s8121. Epub 2009 Dec 29.

  PMID: 20057895 RESULT

• Yang J, Howell MD. Commentary: Is the glass half empty? Code blue training in the modern era. Acad Med. 2011 Jun;86(6):680-3. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318217e969.

  PMID: 21613890 RESULT

Study Officials

• Nurten Bakan, assoc prof

  Istanbul Umraniye Education and Research Hospital

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: doctor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 26, 2014
• First Posted: July 29, 2014
• Study Start: January 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2014
• Study Completion: April 1, 2014
• Last Updated: August 6, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-08

Locations

TU (1)