Status:
COMPLETED
Strategies for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in Emergency Departments
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital, Angers
Collaborating Sponsors:
Ministry of Health, France
Conditions:
Quality of Health Care
Pulmonary Embolism
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Aims: 1) To evaluate the effectiveness of two interventions aimed at improving the management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism: Written guidelines and Computer-Assisted Decision Support (...
Detailed Description
Background: The management of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) represents an important medical and economic issue. In French Emergency Departments, more than 100 000 suspicions of PE ar...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- patient with suspected pulmonary embolism
- prescription of a specific paraclinical diagnostic investigation or start of a specific treatment for pulmonary embolism
Exclusion
- confirmation or exclusion of pulmonary embolism before admission in emergency department
- confirmation of deep venous thrombosis before admission in emergency department
- suspicion of pulmonary embolism during hospitalization (in-patient)
- suspicion of pulmonary embolism without investigation realization
- patient already included in the study
- patient refusing the utilization of his data for the study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
1331 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00188032
Start Date
June 1 2005
End Date
September 1 2006
Last Update
February 5 2009
Active Locations (20)
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1
H Argenteuil
Argenteuil, France, 95107
2
UH Besançon
Besançon, France, 25000
3
H Bethune
Béthune, France, 62408
4
UH Ambroise Pare
Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 92100