OPEN Research Support
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Professor
Mikkel Brabrand
Department of Emergency Medicine, OUH


Projekt styring
Projekt status    Open
 
Data indsamlingsdatoer
Start 01.09.2024  
Slut 31.12.2025  
 



Thermography for critically ill patients in the ED

Short summary

Identifying patients that are critically ill when they arrive at the ED is difficult. We aim to study if using thermography would enable us to identify them earlier.


Rationale

Capillary refill time has been suggested as a means to identify sick patients in the ED. But it is difficult to measure and has a high interobserver variation. We aim to test if capillary refill time or thermography is best at identifying unstable patients in the ED.


Description of the cohort

Patients arriving to the ED and triaged red or orange.


Data and biological material

Vital signs, capillary refill time, thermographic images and outcome data.