Gender Differences and Age Related Differences in Emergency Department Admission
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- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Emergencies, Gender, Age Problem. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Italy
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
The goal of this observational study is to learn about difference related to age and gender in patients admitted to emergency department.
Detailed description
Objectives: Medicine is progressively becoming aware of the clinical difference among patients who present different age, gender, and comorbidities. Our goal is to examine how often different groups of patients access the Emergency Department and for which causes, as well as their different hospitalization and death rates.
Materials and methods: The investigators will collect and analyze data from all patients evaluated at the emergency department of "Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli" and "Istituto Clinico Humanitas di Milano" from January 2014 to December 2023, the sample obtained will be divided into four groups: younger than 50 years old, 50-65 years old, 66.75 years old, older than 75; each of these groups is divided between males, females and people who do not identify with either of those genders
Primary outcome measures
- Death [Time frame: 30 days]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- length of stay [Time frame: 180 days]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age over 18 y
- Admitted to emergency department
Exclusion criteria
- Age under 18 y
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-only
Study locations
Italy · 1 center
- IRCSS Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli — Rome
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05593692 · 5121