Emergency Department (ED) Triage of Alcohol Abuse

Evaluation of ED Triage of Adult Patients With Alcohol Abuse

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02449772

Enrollment

775

Registered

2015-05-20

Start date

2015-04-30

Completion date

2015-07-31

Last updated

2015-12-28

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Conditions

Alcoholic Intoxication

Keywords

N04.452.442.422.336

Brief summary

Retrospective study of adult patients (\> 16 y) admitted to Geneva University Hospitals with alcohol abuse. Triage criteria will be reviewed. Patients characteristics and patient flow in the ED will be described.

Detailed description

A retrospective analysis of triage notes and electronic medical records will be performed in order to identify how triage evaluation is performed accordingly to the Swiss Emergency Triage Scale criteria. The proportion of patients leaving without being seen will be computed. Caracteristics of these patients will be compared to patients with medical evaluation.

Interventions

OTHERNo intervention

No intervention

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Triage code = alcohol abuse * \> 16 y

Exclusion criteria

* No alcohol abuse identified at triage * \< 16 y

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Triage questions asked	participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours	Number of questions asked at triage and proportion of patients with the full set of triage questions asked
Triage vital signs measured	participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours	Number of vital signs measured at triage and proportion of patients with the full set of triage vital signs measured
Number of undertriage	participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours	Number of patients with level 3 emergency levels attributed instead of level 2
Number of mistriage	participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours	Number of patients with erroneous triage reason attributed

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
% of patients leaving without being seen	participants will be followed for the duration of emergency department stay, an expected average of 12 hours

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026