German Chest Pain Unit (CPU)-Register

Deutsches CPU-Register. Unterstützt Durch Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01197716

Enrollment

34470

Registered

2010-09-09

Start date

2008-12-31

Completion date

2015-12-31

Last updated

2016-06-24

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

Conditions

Chest Pain

Keywords

Chest Pain Unit, Myocardial infarction, Register, Admission to a Chest Pain Unit for any reason

Brief summary

The Chest Pain Unit (CPU) register is a nationwide scientific investigation, in which data concerning the hospital-stay within the Chest Pain Unit are documented. Furthermore, a Follow-up via telephone is conducted after 3 months.

Detailed description

The aim of a Chest Pain Unit (CPU) is to clarify unclear chest pain quickly and specifically. Present data from Germany, the USA and England prove that the organisation models of a CPU lead beside a drastic reduction of mortality also to a cost reduction as well as a shortening of the average inpatient hospital stays. Therefore it seems reasonable to assign a minimum standard to CPUs. Although there are internationally already standards for CPUs up to complete certification programmes, it is an explicit wish of the German society for cardiology (DGK) to create an own standard which considers on the national circumstances. The aim of the CPU register is the internal and external validation of the care quality of CPU including Benchmark reports and risk-adjusted comparisons.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All patients that are admitted to a Chest Pain Unit are included in this register.

Exclusion criteria

Missing informed consent (informed consent can NOT be given in the acute phase of the disease, if consciousness is limited at that time; instead the patient will be asked for his consent at a later point of time, when he is fully conscious).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Internal and external validation of the medical care quality in the field of Chest Pain Units	hospital stay	including benchmark reports and risk adjusted comparisons.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Documentation of CPU complications	up to 30 hours on average	including mortality, serious but non-fatal complications (e.g. stroke, heavy and moderate bleedings) as well as documentation of the medication at hospital discharge
Documentation of long-term mortality and serious but non-fatal complications	3 months after discharge	as well as additional hospital admissions and medication

Countries

Germany

Outcome results