An observational study in Emergencies and Tachypnea, sponsored by Christian Nickel. Completed at 1 site in Switzerland. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-04-23.
Sponsored by Christian Nickel · Observational
Respiratory rate is an important predictor for many clinical outcomes in Emergency Medicine. Nevertheless it's measurement is often omitted as it is time-consuming and cumbersome. It is the only vital sign that is not routinely assessed by a device. In a pilot study was showed that a camera based monitoring system measures reliably respiratory rates in healthy volunteers.
The goal of this study is to test the accuracy of the same system in real patients in the triage setting of an Emergency Department (ED).
For triage of emergency patients at the Emergency Department of the University Hospital Basel the emergency severity index (ESI) is used. At decision point "D" in the ESI-algorithm vital signs such as respiratory rate, heart rate and oxygen saturation are needed.
According to the guidelines the respiratory rate is visually counted for one minute (WHOrecommendation) by a triage nurse.
Simultaneously in addition to the visual counting, it is planned to measure the same vital sign as part of our study also through a camera-based prototype application (CBPA) and capnography as a gold standard.
Hence the triage process is not prolongated through our study, only completed and a guideline compliant procedure is ensured which is only performed in a relatively low percentage in the ED of the University Hospital Basel. Clinical decisions are exclusively based on the actual clinical standard of visual counting and are not influenced by the measurements of our study.
For the capnography, which were considered as the most accurate method, the patient wears a nasal sample line (Philips® Heartstart MRx mit Philips® Smart CapnoLine™PlusO2Long Oral/Nasal Sample Line).
The CBPA system consists of a notebook (HP Zbook 15 G3, S/N: CND705IXT6), USB-camera with lens (Tamron CCTV lens, CE 4402789484; UI3060 camera, 20170329-E347840), USB-harddrive (Western digital R/N D8B, S/N: WXA1E661J0XJ) to save the signals and an implement camera-based algorithm for extraction of breathing signals. The camera is pointing towards the torso of the patient to display it on the screen in a real-time application. The software is able to detect the respiratory-specific chest movements and generates a respiratory wave on the computer. From the configuration and frequency of these respiratory waves the software calculates the respiratory rate. No videos are recorded.
The data is acquired in a standardised protocol and stored coded in an Access®-database. To prevent potential bias the vital signs will be written down in the following order: 1. RR by visual counting 2. RR by CBPA 3. RR by capnography. The measurements take place in rooms of the ED which are designated to triage emergency patients.
As possible confounders sex, age and BMI are registered.
8 studies on the registry are indexed under Tachypnea; 2 are open to participants now.
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Compared within Tachypnea, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Emergencies. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →
The study population will contain patients running through triage of the Emergency Department with an indication for vital sign assessment. The data will only be collected in the University Hospital of Basel.
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We measure Respiratory Rates in the Triage of Patients entering an Emergency Department by three different methods.
Specificity and sensitivity of the camera based prototype application (CBPA)
In this study respiratory rates are obtained by 3 methods. 1. Camera based measurement, 2. with capnography and 3. with the WHO criterion standard of counting breaths for 1 Minute (18 measurements in whole). We want to study the Specificity and sensitivity of the CBPA compared to the gold standard (capnography)
Time frame: 1 year
Upgrade of patient's ESI level due to CBPA (from Level 3 to 2)
Number of Patients with a RR measured by CBPA higher than 20 leading to an upgrade at decision Point D of the Triage algorithm (ESI)
Time frame: 1 year
Plan to share: No
Ran from Dec 2017 to primary completion in Apr 2018, 3 months.
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