Clinical trials: Emergency Department
Benign Headache
Bupivacaine for Benign Headache in the ED
Headache is a common chief complaint of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED), accounting for approximately 3 million ED visits per year.
- Trial name
- NCT01785459
- Testing
- 0.5% bupivacaine, Standard Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Neck Injuries
A Pragmatic Evaluation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule by Paramedics
Each year, half a million patients with a potential neck (c-spine) injury are transported to Ontario emergency departments (ED). Less than 1% of all these patients actually have a neck bone fracture.
- Trial name
- NCT02786966
- Testing
- Canadian C-Spine Rule
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 3,646 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Smoking Cessation
An Intervention to Reduce Second Hand Smoke Exposure Among Pediatric Emergency Patients
This study will test the efficacy of a cessation intervention for caregivers in a large, inner-city Pediatric Emergency Department.
- Trial name
- NCT02531594
- Testing
- SBIRT, HHC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 770 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Cutaneous Abscess
Evaluation of a Staphylococcus Eradication Protocol for Patients Who Present to the ED With Cutaneous Abscess
In this study, the investigators will enroll patients who present to the emergency department with abscesses to the study. The patients will be randomly selected to either have the standard of care, which includes the standard…
- Trial name
- NCT01537783
- Testing
- Chlorhexidine gluconate, Mupirocin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Tufts Medical Center
Skin Infection
Hospital Avoidance Strategies for ABSSSI
More than 40% of patients presenting with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infection (ABSSSI) to the Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH) emergency department (ED) are admitted for intravenous antibiotics.
- Trial name
- NCT03372941
- Testing
- Dalbavancin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Surgery
Natriuretic Peptides - Predictors of In-hospital and Long-term Major Adverse Cardiac Events After Emergency Surgery?
The investigators hypothesize that the level of perioperative natriuretic peptides is associated with in-hospital and long term major adverse cardiac events.
- Trial name
- NCT00942786
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 297 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Graz
Procedural Sedation and Analgesia
Combined Ketamine/Propofol for Emergency Department Procedural Sedation
Introduction Numerous drugs and combinations of drugs are used for procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) in Emergency Departments, including propofol, ketamine, benzodiazepines, narcotics, barbiturates, and others, but propofol…
- Trial name
- NCT01126957
- Testing
- Ketamine, Fentanyl, Propofol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 107 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia