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A digital alert system to quickly inform doctors about critical lab reports in patients with lung diseases.

Development and Evaluation of an Alerting System for Critical Biochemical, Microbiological, and Cytological Values in Respiratory Medicine Patients - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2026/03/105520
Enrollment
100
Registered
2026-03-06
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-30

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: J989- Respiratory disorder, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention1: Nil: Nil

Sponsors

SIMATS (Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients aged 18 years and above 2.Individuals diagnosed with respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, pneumonia, interstitial lung disease, tuberculosis, or other relevant respiratory pathologies 3.Patients admitted to inpatient wards and intensive care units (ICU) 4.Availability of critical biochemical, microbiological, cytological reports 5.Cases where any biochemical, microbiological, cytological parameters fall within defined critical thresholds that require urgent medical intervention 6.Patients or their legal representatives must provide informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients under the age of 18 years or those whose age is not documented or unavailable 2.Patients without a primary diagnosis of respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, pneumonia, tuberculosis, interstitial lung disease, lung malignancies etc 3.Patients with incomplete or unavailable laboratory results during the study period 4.Patients or their legal representatives do not provide informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Time from critical value generation to clinician notification (minutes); proportion of critical alerts acknowledged within predefined time; rate of missed critical values; change in adverse event incidence related to delayed reporting; time to clinical intervention after alert; user response time across multidisciplinary teams.Timepoint: day 1, day 180

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NilTimepoint: Nil

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactANBU MARAN PM

Saveetha medical college and hospital

anbumaran.mbbs@gmail.com9884655544

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 4, 2026