An observational study in Alcohol Intoxication, sponsored by Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-09-15.
Sponsored by Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute · Observational
This study is intended to evaluate the prevalence of chronically inebriated patients in the Emergeny Department (ED). Patients will be identified prospectively by screening all patients (24/7) presenting to the ED for one month. A running tally of all patients in the ED will be kept. Of these patients, any patient that is noted to have alcohol intoxication will be identified. The chart of that patient will be reviewed for details about the patient's alcohol use and for the patient's suitability for a sobering house, which is a place where intoxicated patients can go to await sobriety. The chart will also be reviewed for the number of previous visits for alcohol use to our hospital ever and in the last year.
For this cross-sectional study, all patients presenting to the ED of an urban, Level 1 trauma center for one month were prospectively screened by trained research associates. When an intoxicated patient was identified, study information including patient demographics, diagnoses, vital signs, blood alcohol concentration (BAC), GCS on arrival, ability to ambulate independently on arrival, use of physical or chemical restraint, previous ED visits, length of stay, and health insurance was collected. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics.
76 studies on the registry are indexed under Alcoholic Intoxication; 17 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 668 is above the median of 240 across 11 observational studies indexed under Alcoholic Intoxication.
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Patients in the emergency department for alcohol intoxication
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Exclusion Criteria:
patients in the Emergency Department who appear to be intoxicated with ethanol.
Intoxicated Patients Eligible for a Sobering House
Determine the proportion of patients in the emergency department that are intoxicated and how many of those would be eligible to go to a sobering house. Eligibility for a sobering house is at the discretion of the treating physician and includes the ability to ambulate without assistance and no further acute need for medical treatments.
Time frame: Eligibility for a sobering house is assessed during the current ED admission. The study ends when patient is discharged from the ED, an expected average time of 9 hours.
| Milestone | Intoxicated Patients |
|---|---|
| Started | 668 |
| Completed | 668 |
| Not completed | 0 |
Determine the proportion of patients in the emergency department that are intoxicated and how many of those would be eligible to go to a sobering house. Eligibility for a sobering house is at the discretion of the treating physician and includes the ability to ambulate without assistance and no further acute need for medical treatments.
| Participants | Intoxicated Patients |
|---|---|
| Intoxicated Patients Eligible for a Sobering House | 163 |
Collected over 1824 minutes. Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.
| Group | Deaths | Serious | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intoxicated Patients | 0/668 (0%) | 50/668 (7.5%) | 505/668 (75.6%) |
| Event | Intoxicated Patients |
|---|---|
| hospital admissionNervous system disorders | 44/668 |
| endotracheal intubationRespiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders | 6/668 |
| Event | Intoxicated Patients |
|---|---|
| agitation requiring sedationNervous system disorders | 283/668 |
| agitation requiring physical restraintNervous system disorders | 276/668 |
| unable to ambulate independently or provide basic medical informationNervous system disorders | 180/668 |
| procedure performedSurgical and medical procedures | 122/668 |
| Age, Categorical(Participants) | Intoxicated Patients |
|---|---|
| <=18 years | 0 |
| Between 18 and 65 years | 588 |
| >=65 years | 80 |
| Age, Continuous(years) | Intoxicated Patients |
|---|---|
| Median | 45 (33 to 52) |
| Sex: Female, Male(Participants) | Intoxicated Patients |
|---|---|
| Female | 264 |
| Male | 404 |
| Race and Ethnicity Not Collected(Participants) | Intoxicated Patients |
|---|
The record gives a start of Nov 2012, a primary completion of Jun 2018 and a completion of Oct 2021. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.
Results were first posted in Sep 2022, 4 years 2 months after primary completion.
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