Status:
COMPLETED
Management of Acute Pain in the Emergency Department
Lead Sponsor:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Collaborating Sponsors:
Societe Française de Medecine d'urgence
Conditions:
Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
16+ years
Brief Summary
Oligoanalgesia1 has been widely recognized as an issue in emergency department.The purpose of our study is to assess the impact of the implementation of a computer-assisted support program to improve ...
Detailed Description
Inadequate pain management remains a major challenge for health care providers. Despite extensive research on the mechanisms of acute pain, identification of factors leading to poor pain management an...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Any patient admitted to our Emergency Department who is
- age \> 16 years
- pain lasting =\< 1 week or
- no pain on admission but pain during the ED stay
Exclusion
- life-threatening condition requiring immediate admission in the OR or ICU
- no pain or pain lasting \>1 week
- inability to give informed consent (intoxicated, psychiatric disorder, language problem, prisoner)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
631 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00470652
Start Date
May 1 2007
End Date
September 1 2008
Last Update
January 27 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, 1011