Diagnostic Errors in Anaphylactic Shock (ANASim)

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diagnostic Error

Treatments: Other: Diagnostic context

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04825106

4031-Sim-ANA

Details and patient eligibility

About

Diagnostic accuracy and quality of management in anaphylactic shock is assessed in three conditions: expected, unexpected with no distractor, unexpected with distractor

Full description

participants: physicians taking part in voluntary workshops. Participants are allocated to teams of three design: prospective, randomized, single-blind setting: simulated anaphylactic shock intervention: participants are allocated to 3 versions of the scenario: 1) expected, 2) unexpected but no distractor, 3) unexpected with distractor

Enrollment: 270 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 24+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Physicians taking part in voluntary simulator workshops

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal to participate or to being videorecorded

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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270 participants in 3 patient groups

Expected

Active Comparator group

Description:

Anaphylactic shock occurs after the injection of a drug known to cause allergic reactions

Treatment:

Other: Diagnostic context

Unexpected, no distractor

Active Comparator group

Description:

Anaphylactic shock occurs unexpectedly, but their is no medical distractor

Treatment:

Other: Diagnostic context

Unexpected, with distractor

Active Comparator group

Description:

Anaphylactic shock occurs unexpectedly. Scenario is set up such, that a tension pneumothorax may be a likely explanation

Treatment:

Other: Diagnostic context