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Analysis of Emergency Department (ED) Volumes During Natural Disasters

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The University of Texas System (UT)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Dialysis
Trauma Related Injuries

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01059981
HSC-MS-08-0656

Details and patient eligibility

About

The 'Analysis of Emergency Department Volumes during Natural Disasters' retrospective study focuses on three specified populations including dialysis patients, trauma patients, and patients poisoned by carbon monoxide. These three populations have one commonality - hurricanes, ie. natural disasters, which is the exposure. Causal associations and significant correlations will be explored in all three subgroups.

Enrollment

1,000 estimated patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with carbon monoxide poisoning in addition to trauma and dialysis patients admitted to the Memorial Hermann Health System's (MHHS) Emergency Department (ED) 1 week pre- and post-Hurricane Ike's landfall to the City of Houston, which was September 12, 2008.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with the specified conditions that were not admitted during the time interval allotted.

Trial design

1,000 participants in 3 patient groups

1
Description:
Dialysis patients
2
Description:
Trauma patients
3
Description:
Patients with carbon monoxide poisoning

Trial contacts and locations

2

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