Early Warning System for Clinical Deterioration on General Hospital Wards

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Conditions studied: Escalation of Care, Cardiopulmonary Arrest, Respiratory Arrest, Severe Sepsis, Septic Shock

In brief

The goal is to develop a two-tiered monitoring system to improve the care of patients at risk for clinical deterioration on general hospital wards (GHWs) at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH). The investigators hypothesize that the use of an automated early warning system (EWS) that identifies patients at risk of clinical deterioration, with notification of nurses on the GHWs when patients are identified, will reduce the risk of ICU transfer or death within 24 hrs of an alert. As a substudy, the investigators will pilot the use of a wireless pulse oximeter to establish feasibility and to develop algorithms for a real-time event detection system (RDS) in these high-risk patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01280942

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

20031

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2012-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-02-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All patients age 18 and above, hospitalized in GHWs at Barnes Jewish Hospital.

You may not qualify if…

• Minors, patients younger than 18 years old.

Where it is running

• Barnes Jewish Hospital — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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