Abdominal Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
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.
Detailed 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.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University Hospital, Geneva
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* \>= 16 y * abdominal pain as the main complaint
Exclusion criteria
* none
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency intervention | participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 2 weeks | Emergency intervention is a composite outcome of: emergency surgical intervention or radiological intervention or emergent endoscopy |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Time to medical evaluation | participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 5 hours | We will evaluate the delay between triage evaluation and medical evaluation. We will compute the percentage of patients evaluated within timeframe accordingly to the Swiss Triage Emergency Scale |
Countries
Switzerland
Contacts
Primary ContactOlivier T Rutschmann, MD, MPH
Outcome results
None listed