This aim of this study is to investigate whether active alerts during CVSM result in an increased number of diagnostic tests and treatments in complication free patients, hypothesizing that more interventions are performed in the CVSM-group than standard of care (EWS) group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
700
Wireless continuous vital sign monitoring with real time staff alerts
Eske Kvanner Aasvang
Copenhagen, Denmark
Frequency of patients having at least one of the following tests/treatments:
* CT-scans * MRi-Scans * PET-Scans * X-ray (ordered by attending doctor, besides standard procedural investigations) * ultrasounds * Antibiotics (ordered by attending doctor, besides standard procedural treatment) * Arterial puncture * Gastro- colonoscopy * Dialysis * Central venous line (incl. dialysis catheter)
Time frame: 72 hours
The frequency of individual treatments and diagnostics:
Treatments: * Antibiotics (ordered by attending doctor, besides standard procedural treatment) * CPAP * blood-transfusion * IV-fluids * Dialysis * Naso-gastric tube (ordered by attending doctor, besides standard procedural treatment) * Central venous line (incl. dialysis catheter) Diagnostics: * Imaging CT, X-ray, MRI, PET, and ultrasound. * Blood tests: arterial blood gases, cultures, and other blood sample tests. * ECG * cultures from urine, sputum, swabs, and feces.
Time frame: 72 hours
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