The Prevention of Failure to Rescue Using Early Warning Scoring (VitalCare)

Philips

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardio-pulmonary Arrest; Renal Failure; Pulmonary Edema; Sepsis

Treatments: Device: use of the MP5 EWS patient monitor

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01197326

BUD33108

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess if, compared with standard paper-based systems, an automated Early Warning System (EWS) resident in a spot check patient monitor, can help to identify deteriorating patients.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to assess if, compared with standard paper-based systems, an automated Early Warning System (EWS) resident in a spot check patient monitor, can help to identify patients in the acute care settings but outside of the intensive care unit, who may be experiencing physiological instability and who are in need of rapid clinical intervention by a Rapid Response Team (RRT)/ Medical Emergency Team (MET).

The development of such an automated system by offers a unique opportunity to assess its user-friendliness, labour-saving effect, feasibility and clinical utility. Accordingly, we plan to conduct a research program aimed at assessing this new approach toward patient monitoring.

This study will use the hospital's Standard of Care protocol for the monitoring of vital signs (including timing and vital signs collected) and a commercially available automatic spot check monitor to collect data. No investigational procedures or devices are associated with this protocol.

Enrollment: 414 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all patients admitted to the study units during the period of data collection

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

414 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1

Description:

Patients who triggered MET/RRT calls prior to the use of the MP5 EWS patient monitor.

Treatment:

Device: use of the MP5 EWS patient monitor

Group 2

Description:

Patients who triggered MET/RRT calls after the use of the MP5 EWS patient monitor.

Treatment:

Device: use of the MP5 EWS patient monitor