Cardiac Autonomic Function For Risk Stratification in the Emergency Room
Overview
The aim of the study is to test the hypothesis that impaired cardiac autonomic function predicts adverse outcome in unselected patients presenting in the emergency ward.
Full Title of Study: “Risk Stratification in the Emergency Room by Cardiac Autonomic Function”
Study Type
- Study Type: Observational
- Study Design
- Time Perspective: Prospective
- Study Primary Completion Date: June 2013
Clinical Trial Outcome Measures
Primary Measures
- In-hospital mortality
- Time Frame: 10 days
Secondary Measures
- Cardiac mortality
- Time Frame: 10 days
- transfer to intensive care unit
- Time Frame: 10 days
- hospital discharge
- Time Frame: 48 hours
- duration of hospital stay
- Time Frame: within 30 days
- costs of health care
- Time Frame: 30 days
- 180 day mortality
- Time Frame: 180 days
Participating in This Clinical Trial
Inclusion Criteria
- presenting at the emergency department of the University Hospital of Tübingen
Gender Eligibility: All
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: N/A
Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No
Investigator Details
- Lead Sponsor
- Thebiosignals.com
- Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
- Principal Investigator: Axel Bauer, Prof. Dr. Axel Bauer – University Hospital Tuebingen
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