Pathway and Urgent caRe of Dyspneic Patient at the Emergency Department in LorrainE District (PURPLE)

Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Acute Dyspnea

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03194243

2016-A01877-44

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is an observational prospective multicenter study of patients admitted for acute dyspnea in an emergency department of the participating centers in the Lorraine district.

The primary objective is to assess the outcome of this population according to the cause of acute dyspnea as well as identify the predictors of this outcome, both overall and according to each acute dyspnea cause.

Full description

This observational prospective multicenter study will be conducted using data from electronic medical records, acquired as part of usual care, in patients admitted for acute dyspnea in the emergency department. Clinical, treatment, laboratory and imaging data acquired during the hospitalization (in the emergency department and in the department that admitted the patients following the emergency department stay) will be collected.

Vital status will be recorded at 30 days and 1 year post-admission.

Enrollment: 75,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men or women > or = 18 years.
• Patients with acute dyspnea admitted for acute dyspnea in the emergency department.
• Patient informed.

Exclusion criteria

• Cardiorespiratory arrest.
• Patient having expressed his or her opposition.

Trial design

75,000 participants in 1 patient group

Patients admitted for acute dyspnea

Description:

Patients admitted for acute dyspnea in the emergency department