Clinical trials: Emergency Patients
Weight-Estimation
Can Habitus Adapted Length Based Body Weight Estimation be Improved by Adding Further Parameters?
The purpose of this prospective single center study is to investigate if the accuracy of length based body weight estimation by the already investigated algorithm (CLAWAR) can be improved by adding another parameter.
- Trial name
- Including MUC (NCT02930928)
- Testing
- Accuracy of weight estimation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 495 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Children's Hospital, Zurich
Stress, Psychological, Emergency Medicine, Transport
Benefit of the FLYing Transport of Patients Requiring Mobile Intensive Care Unit
Patient care who requires fast and intensive care by a mobile intensive care unit in a rescue helicopter is a common practice in Auvergne since more than 3 years.
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological, Emergency Medicine, Transport, Critical Care
- Trial name
- FLY-MICU (NCT04578054)
- Testing
- Flying transport
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Heart Failure, Dyspnea
Bedside Ultrasound Identifies Congestive Heart Failure
Patients often arrive to the Emergency Department with the chief complaint of shortness of breath. The cause of the shortness of breath may be due to many things, such as pneumonia, emphysema, a heart attack, heart failure, and…
- Trial name
- NCT00833144
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 375 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Acute Appendicitis in Elderly
Clinicopathological Aspects of Acute Appendicitis in Patients Above Age of Thirty at Sulaimani Emergency Hospital
Aims of this study are : Estimate the incidence of A.A. in patients above age of 30 y in 4 age groups . Correlate between different clinical aspects and histopathological results.
- Trial name
- NCT04033198
- Testing
- Appendectomy
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sulaimani
Delirium
Testing the Validity of the "Modified Confusion Assessment Method for the Emergency Department" (mCAM-ED)"
The proposed Study validates the accuracy of the modified Confusion Assessment Method for the Emergency Department
- Trial name
- Val_mCAM-ED (NCT02782143)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 289 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Chest Pain
Impact on Management of the HEART Risk Score in Chest Pain Patients
Aim of this study is to quantify the impact of the use of the HEART risk score on patient outcome and on costs in patients with chest pain presenting at the emergency room, as compared to not using the score.
- Trial name
- HEART-Impact (NCT01756846)
- Testing
- usual care, use of HEART risk score
- Where
- 9 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 3,666 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UMC Utrecht
Headache
Will the Use of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatments Help Alleviate Headache Pain
PURPOSE The purpose of this research is to determine whether osteopathic manipulative therapy (OMT) is a useful adjunct in evaluation and treatment of headaches.
- Trial name
- NCT01704625
- Testing
- Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, New York
Pulmonary Embolism Acute
SCUBE-1 and VAP-1 Levels on Diagnosis Pulmonary Embolism
Acute pulmonary thromboembolism is a life-threatening disease. Clinical suspicion is essential for diagnosis because of lack of a specific finding for diagnosis of PTE.
- Trial name
- NCT06733961
- Testing
- SCUBE-1 and VAP-1
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Giresun University
Caregiver-patient Dyeds, Patient Without Cognitive Disorders
Evolution of the Health Status of Caregivers After the Admission of Their Elderly Relative to the Emergency Department
The main objective of this non-interventional, propective and multipercentric study is to Assess the evolution of caregiver burden 1 month after their elderly relative's Emergency Department (ED) admission
- Trial name
- ETAP-U (NCT05561101)
- Testing
- Caregivers burden
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gérond'if
Homosexuality, Gender Identity
Patient Centered Methods to Collect Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Status in the ED
This trial is the final phase of a three phase PCORI-funded study to develop and test patient-centered approaches to collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI) information in the ED.
- Trial name
- EQUALITY (NCT02701049)
- Testing
- Methods to collect SO/GI information in the ED
- Volunteers
- 749 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
COVID-19, Cell Phone Use
Mindfulness-based Mobile Applications Program
The goal of this type of study: quasi-experimental clinical trial . The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of applying mindfulness-based mobile applications program to maintaining mental health of emergency nurses…
- Conditions
- COVID-19, Cell Phone Use, Nurse, Mental Health
- Trial name
- NCT06267534
- Testing
- mindfulness-based mobile applications program
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yu-Chien Huang
Frailty, Length of Stay
Evaluation of Prioritized Assessment for Older Patients Living With Frailty Presenting to the Emergency Department
The older population is getting older and growing in size worldwide. This requires healthcare to adapt to meet the complex medical and nursing needs of the older patient group.
- Conditions
- Frailty, Length of Stay, Emergency Department Visit, Older Patients
- Trial name
- NCT06869148
- Testing
- Prioritized assessment for older patients living with frailty
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 1,217 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Linkoeping
Emergence Delirium, Anesthesia
Effect of Different Drugs on Emergency Delirium in Preschool Age Patient
Emergence delirium (ED) was first described by Eckenhoff and colleagues in the 1960s and is defined in pediatric anesthesia as 'dissociated state of consciousness in which child is irritable, uncompromising, uncooperative…
- Trial name
- NCT07057193
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine group (D group), Ketamine group (K group), Midazolam group (M group)
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zagazig University
Acute Pain
Trial Comparing Morphine to Hydromorphone in Elderly Patients With Severe Pain
The purpose of this research study is to determine which opiate pain medication (morphine or hydromorphone (Dilaudid)) is more effective in the treatment of acute pain in patients presenting to the emergency department.
- Trial name
- NCT00305058
- Testing
- Morphine, Hydromorphone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 194 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Ambulances, Traumatic Brain Injury
Differences in Mortality and Morbidity in Patients Suffering a Time-critical Condition Between GEMS and HEMS
Introduction: Patients suffering a time-critical medical condition require rapid prehospital assessment and treatment and most often quick transportation to definitive care. This can be decisive for patient outcome.
- Conditions
- Ambulances, Traumatic Brain Injury, Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Trial name
- NCT03940443
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dalarna County Council, Sweden
Emergencies
The Effect of an Physician-Nurse Supplementary Triage Assistance Team on Emergency Department Patient Wait Times
The primary objective of this study is to investigate whether the introduction of a physician-nurse supplementary triage assessment team (MDRN STAT) is effective in improving time-based performance indicators for wait times.
- Trial name
- MDRNSTAT (NCT00991471)
- Testing
- Interaction with MDRN STAT, No MDRNSTAT
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 6,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Measurement, Capnography
Comparison of Capnography and Blood Gas PaCO₂ Measurements
Capnography provides continuous, non-invasive assessment of ventilation by measuring end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO₂). Different capnographic technologies, including mainstream, sidestream, and microstream capnography, may…
- Trial name
- CAPNO-PaCO2 (NCT07834411)
- Testing
- Mainstream Capnography, Sidestream Capnography, Microstream Capnography
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 135 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Kidney Stones, Ureteral Stones
The Efficacy of Tamsulosin in the Treatment of Ureteral Stones in Emergency Department Patients
To determine if emergency department patients with acute ureteral colic pain due to a ureteral stone who are treated with tamsulosin, versus placebo, will experience a shorter time to passage of their stone or resolution of their…
- Trial name
- NCT00448123
- Testing
- Tamsulosin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 127 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Robert Swor
Chest Pain, Electrocardiography
Timely Acquirement of 12-lead ECG Using Patchy-type Wireless Device Among Patient With Chest Pain
In this study, the investigators compare timely acquirement of 12-lead ECG using patchy-type wireless versus using standard 12-lead ECG system among patient with chest pain in ED.
- Trial name
- NCT04048733
- Testing
- patchy-type wireless 12-lead ECG
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Cardiac Arrest, Emergencies
Intravascular Access of COVID-19 Patient Under Personal Protective Equipment
The current COVID-19 pandemic, this is especially since the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is thought to occur mainly through respiratory droplets generated by coughing and sneezing, by direct contact with contaminated surfaces and…
- Trial name
- NCT04366297
- Testing
- Intravenous access, Intraosseous access
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lazarski University