Autonomic Nervous System Activity
Conditions
Keywords
emergency care, cardiac autonomic function, deceleration capacity
Brief summary
The aim of the study is to test the hypothesis that impaired cardiac autonomic function predicts adverse outcome in unselected patients presenting in the emergency ward.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Thebiosignals.com
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
\- presenting at the emergency department of the University Hospital of Tübingen
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| In-hospital mortality | 10 days |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| transfer to intensive care unit | 10 days |
| hospital discharge | 48 hours |
| Cardiac mortality | 10 days |
| costs of health care | 30 days |
| 180 day mortality | 180 days |
| duration of hospital stay | within 30 days |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed