Triage of Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department

University Hospitals (UH)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Abdominal Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02064127

SU_2013_2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators aim to evaluate in a retrospective study the performance of the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale to identify at the door of the Emergency Department patients requiring emergent intervention.

Full description

All patients are triaged at the door of our Emergency Department using the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale. Patients with abdominal pain may be triaged in two different emergency levels (level 2: medical evaluation within 20 minutes, level 3: medical evaluation within 2 hours). These levels are determined using a set of specific criteria.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity of these specific criteria in order to identify promptly patients with abdominal pain the will require an emergent intervention during their stay in the Emergency Department.

Enrollment: 4,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• >= 16 y
• abdominal pain as the main complaint

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

4,000 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with abdominal pain

Description:

Adult patients admitted to the Emergency Department with a main complaint of abdominal pain