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The aim of this study is to develop, study and validate a rigorous and sustainable method for assessing the clinical appropriateness of the decision taken in the Emergency Department to admit or not to admit patients.
The information normally recorded in the Emergency Department medical record will be used, as well as the available clinical and administrative databases. For reasons of feasibility, the investigators will also restrict the analysis to patients coming to the Emergency Department with non-specific manifestations in the pulmonary, cardiovascular and abdominal districts, represented by one or more of the following symptoms: dyspnoea, chest pain, transient loss of consciousness, abdominal pain.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Elegible population | All adult patients presenting to the emergency department with non-specific cardiopulmonary or abdominal manifestations, represented by one or more of the following symptoms: chest pain, abdominal pain, dyspnoea, transient loss of consciousness. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Algorithm creation | To develop, for the types of patients taken into consideration, a classification algorithm of the appropriateness of admissions based on the files available at the Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (for simplicity: Policlinico hospital) | September 2020 - January 2024 |
| Algorithm validation | To validate the classification algorithm on a sample of hospital medical records. | February 2024 - December 2024 |
| Algorithm application | To apply the validated algorithm on patients referred to the PS of the Policlinico hospital over 36 months, to estimate the proportion of appropriate admissions. | January 2025 - December 2027 |
| Appropriateness estimation | Provide, for the types of patients considered, an estimate of appropriate discharges for patients discharged and subsequently admitted to the Polyclinic, by drawing on the data available at the polyclinic itself. For all other patients, data on living status and admissions to other facilities in the metropolitan area (PS administrative flow and hospital discharge cards - SDOs), will be analysed using data provided by the ATS Milano Città Metropolitana. | January 2025 - December 2027 |
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All patients entering Emergency Department represented by one or more of the following symptoms: chest pain, abdominal pain, dyspnoea, transient loss of consciousness.
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano | Milan | MI | 20122 | Italy |
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| ID | Term |
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| D004630 | Emergencies |
| ID | Term |
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| D020969 | Disease Attributes |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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