Feasibility of implementation of the International Early Warning Score in the Emergency Department

Feasibility of implementation of the International Early Warning Score in the Emergency Department - Feasibility of implementation of the International Early Warning Score in the Emergency Department

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON57500

Enrollment

700

Registered

2025-04-02

Start date

2025-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-09-08

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Conditions

All Emergency Department patients with the age of 18 or above

Interventions

Intervention Objective 1. Questionaires will be distributed in the ED on paper and sent electronically to all health care professionals working in the ED. Two reminder e-mails will be sent. During mor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Objective 1. ED nurses, ED physicians and physician assistant and residents in the ED. Objective 2. All consecutive ED patients aged 18 years and older.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Objective 1. None. Objective 2. All ED visits younger than 18 years.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Primary outcomes. Knowledge, attitude, health-care professional satisfaction and perceived barriers and facilitators of use and implementation by health care professional in the ED.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Process of care and outcome indicators. Initial and last IEWS during ED stay, number of patients receiving oxygen, fluid resuscitation and medication (antibiotics, antihypertensives, vasopressors), ED length of stay, number of hospital admissions to ward and Intensive Care Unit, in-hospital length of stay and mortality.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Contacts

Public ContactW Raven

Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum

SEH@lumc.nl071 526 9111

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)