Active clinical trials for "Emergencies"

This study will assess the feasibility of performing pre-hospital resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) as an adjunct to conventional Advanced Life Support (ALS) in patients suffering from non-traumatic out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). As well as providing valuable insights into the technical feasibility of performing this procedure as part of a resuscitation attempt, the study will also document the beneficial physiological effects of REBOA in this group of patients.

The goal of this observational study is to determine the utility of desmosine, D-dimer and aggrecan as early diagnostic biomarkers in aortic dissection. The main questions it aims to answer are: To investigate the plasma levels of selected biomarkers in ED patients with confirmed aortic dissection To study the diagnostic performance of plasma levels of selected biomarkers for aortic dissection To study the association between plasma levels of selected biomarkers and clinical outcomes

Mivacurium can be considered as an optimal choice for muscle relaxation in short duration surgeries, as butyrylcholinesterase can rapidly and reliably degrade this benzylisoquinoline muscle relaxant in vivo. However the histamine release related to a rapid high-dose injection, unsatisfactory intubation conditions and unexpected delay in recovery in patients may be encountered with butyrylcholinesterase deficiency

The goal of this pilot randomized control trial is to assess the feasibility of our patient recruitment and data collection strategy ahead of a full scale RCT investigating the efficacy of oral v. parenteral medications in the management of acute migraine headaches in the emergency department. Patients will be randomly assigned to receive either (A) standard medical therapy for the treatment of acute migraine headache (metoclopramide and ketorolac IV) and oral placebo or (B) oral metoclopramide and ibuprofen with normal saline IV. Primary outcome measures are recruitment rate and improvement in pain score at 60 minutes from medication administration.

The conventional standard-dose scanner leads to a significantly greater X-ray exposure than the standard X-ray. Recently, technological innovations like the ULD ("Ultra Low Dose") scanner have been developed to reduce the dose of X-rays delivered to the patient. The general purpose of this study is to validate the ULD scanner in case of emergency trauma of the dorsolumbar spine, pelvis and / or extremities.

The study will be a prospective randomized double blinded placebo controlled clinical trial using ultrasound guided erector spinae plane block as an analgesic adjunct among adult emergency department (ED) patients with rib fractures using mean morphine milligram equivalents as the primary outcome.

Although laparoscopic repair (LR) of perforated peptic ulcers (PPUs) has long been accepted, clinical evidence comparing LR versus open repair (OR) remains lacking. The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, safety and outcome of laparoscopic gastric repair and compare it with the outcome open repair by relying on a propensity score matching statistical technique

Until now, the Mulhouse emergency department used a protocol for severe pain based on morphine titration. In order to relieve patients' pain more quickly, a new protocol was implemented based on the use of intranasal sufentanil. The primary objective of the study is to prospectively assess the efficacy of the new pain management protocol implemented in the emergency department and based on intranasal sufentanil in combination with paracetamol and codeine for pain of moderate intensity and intranasal sufentanil in combination with paracetamol followed by morphine titration for severe pain. This new pain management protocol has been updated as part of the upcoming French High Authority for Health hospital certification, for which pain management is one of the priority criteria. This research does not change the routine care given to the patient.

BACKGROUND: At Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) centers, Resource Constrained Situations (RCS) where there are more callers requiring an ambulance than there are available ambulances are common. At the EMD centers in Uppsala and Västmanland, patients experiencing these situations are typically assigned a low-priority response, are often elderly, and have non-specific symptoms. Machine learning techniques offer a promising but largely untested approach to assessing risks among these patients. OBJECTIVES: To establish whether the provision of machine learning-based risk scores improves the ability of dispatchers to identify patients at high risk for deterioration in RCS. DESIGN: Multi-centre, parallel-grouped, randomized, analyst-blinded trial. POPULATION: Adult patients contacting the national emergency line (112), assessed by a dispatch nurse in Uppsala or Västmanland as requiring a low-priority ambulance response, and experiencing an RCS. OUTCOMES: Primary: 1. Proportion of RCS where the first available ambulance was dispatched to the patient with the highest National Early Warning Score (NEWS) score Secondary: Difference in composite risk score consisting of ambulance interventions, emergent transport, hospital admission, intensive care, and mortality between patients receiving immediate vs. delayed ambulance response during RCS. Difference in NEWS between patients receiving immediate vs. delayed ambulance response during RCS. INTERVENTION: A machine learning model will estimate the risk associated with each patient involved in the RCS, and propose a patient to receive the available ambulance. In the intervention arm only, the assessment will be displayed in a user interface integrated into the dispatching system. TRIAL SIZE: 1500 RCS each consisting of multiple patients randomized 1:1 to control and intervention arms

Background: Acute dyspnoea is a common symptom in prehospital emergency medicine. As ultrasound gained in importance for diagnosis in patients with acute respiratory distress, it plays even a role in the prehospital setting. However, prehospital emergency ultrasound (PEU) remains challenging and requires knowledge and skills. New prehospital ultrasound devices offer the possibility for tele-supervision. The impact of tele-supervision of PEU in patients with acute dyspnoea is unclear. Objective: This prospective observational study aims to evaluate the effect of PEU with tele-supervision on diagnosis, treatment strategies and cognitive load in comparison to PEU without tele-supervision in patients with acute dyspnoea. Methods: In total 350 prehospital emergency patients with acute dyspnoea will be included in this study. Patients will be observed in two groups. In group 1 PEU will be performed with tele-supervision, whereas in group 2 PEU will be performed without tele-supervision (tele-supervision not available).