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NCT Number: NCT01197716

German Chest Pain Unit (CPU)-Register

The Chest Pain Unit (CPU) register is a nationwide scientific investigation, in which data concerning the hospital-stay within the Chest Pain Unit are documented. Furthermore, a Follow-up via telephone is conducted after 3 months.

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Key information

Conditions

Chest Pain Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases Infarction Ischemia Myocardial Infarction Myocardial Ischemia Necrosis Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Vascular Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Bethanien Krankenhaus

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

About this study

The aim of a Chest Pain Unit (CPU) is to clarify unclear chest pain quickly and specifically. Present data from Germany, the USA and England prove that the organisation models of a CPU lead beside a drastic reduction of mortality also to a cost reduction as well as a shortening of the average inpatient hospital stays.

Therefore it seems reasonable to assign a minimum standard to CPUs. Although there are internationally already standards for CPUs up to complete certification programmes, it is an explicit wish of the German society for cardiology (DGK) to create an own standard which considers on the national circumstances.

The aim of the CPU register is the internal and external validation of the care quality of CPU including Benchmark reports and risk-adjusted comparisons.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

All patients that are admitted to a Chest Pain Unit are included in this register.

Exclusion criteria

Missing informed consent (informed consent can NOT be given in the acute phase of the disease, if consciousness is limited at that time; instead the patient will be asked for his consent at a later point of time, when he is fully conscious).

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Internal and external validation of the medical care quality in the field of Chest Pain Units

    Time frame: hospital stay

    including benchmark reports and risk adjusted comparisons.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Documentation of CPU complications

    Time frame: up to 30 hours on average

    including mortality, serious but non-fatal complications (e.g. stroke, heavy and moderate bleedings) as well as documentation of the medication at hospital discharge

  2. Documentation of long-term mortality and serious but non-fatal complications

    Time frame: 3 months after discharge

    as well as additional hospital admissions and medication

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Stiftung Institut fuer Herzinfarktforschung

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Deutsches CPU-Register. Unterstützt Durch Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kardiologie.

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Sep 9, 2010
Registry last updated
Jun 24, 2016

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