Missed Serious Medical Illness in Psychiatric Patients Seen in an Academic Emergency Department

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02589951

Enrollment

2200

Registered

2015-10-28

Start date

2014-10-31

Completion date

2015-07-31

Last updated

2015-10-28

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Conditions

Psychiatric Patients, Serious Medical Illness

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence, etiology, and timing of missed Serious Medical Illness (SMI) in patients referred to adult psychiatry by emergency physicians, as well as to determine admission rates for SMI soon after discharge from an inpatient psychiatry admission.

Interventions

OTHERadmission to non-psychiatric service

Study design

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* All patients greater than or equal to 18 years of age presenting to London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital emergency department between October 1, 2014 - July 31, 2015 who were referred to adult psychiatry by the emergency physician.

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
number of referrals to medical/surgical consult services within 14 days of psychiatric referral	10 months

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

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