Acutelines Biobank to Improve Early Detection and Personalized Treatment of Acute Diseases Tracking Patient Outcomes from Emergency Admissions

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are conducting a study called Acutelines, a large data and biobank project at the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. It focuses on patients with a wide range of acute medical conditions who present to the Emergency Department. The goal is to improve how acute diseases are recognized and treated, understand their outcomes, and support personalized medicine by collecting detailed clinical data, imaging, and biomaterials over time. Participants have their medical information, including demographics, health status, medical history, vital signs, diagnostic tests, and treatments, systematically collected. Biomaterials such as blood, urine, feces, and hair are gathered from patients who meet certain severity criteria. Data collection occurs during hospital admission, including continuous monitoring, and continues with follow-ups at 3 months, 1 year, 2 years, and 5 years after the initial emergency visit. Throughout the study, various assessments are performed, such as quality of life, physical functioning, mental health, symptoms, and hospital length of stay. Researchers collect data on mortality and other health outcomes for up to 50 years. The study uses digital tools to automate data capture and integrates information from multiple healthcare sources. Participants will be monitored closely during hospitalization and at scheduled intervals afterward to help improve understanding and treatment of acute diseases.

Acutelines: a Large Data-/Biobank of Acute and Emergency Medicine