Cardinal symptoms in emergency medicine Common diagnoses in internal emergency medicine R51 R07.4 R06.0 R10.4 I21 I64 I50 I48 J44 I10 K29 N30 J06 J15 J16 J17 J18
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Arbeitsbereich Notfallmedizin CVK und CCM
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients admitted to one of the 2 internal Emergency Departments between 15th February 2009 and 15th February 2010. Patients of full age Inclusion Criteria for the telephone follow-up at 6 months after admission: written informed consent signed at admission to the Emergency Department
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion Criteria for the telephone follow-up at 6 months after admission: Detention by law
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Final discharge diagnosis related to pre-defined cardinal symptoms. The final discharge diagnosis of each patient will be exported from the hospital information system after the predefined study period has ended. For each patient with one of the predefined cardinal symptoms the discharge diagnosis will be matched and for each symptoms the different diagnoses will be quantified. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The frequency of cardinal symptoms in certain pre-defined diagnoses. Common diagnoses in emergency medicine will be evaluated for their underlying symptoms. All data will be expoted from the hospital information system as in the primary endpoint. | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactJulia Searle
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Virchow Klinikum Medizinische Klinik m.S. Kardiologie Internistische Notaufnahme
Outcome results
None listed