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  <required_header>
    <download_date>ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 20, 2023</download_date>
    <link_text>Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.</link_text>
    <url>https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01723462</url>
  </required_header>
  <id_info>
    <org_study_id>SLB-ED-02-2012</org_study_id>
    <nct_id>NCT01723462</nct_id>
  </id_info>
  <brief_title>How Often Are Pharmacist Recommendations Followed by Emergency Physicians in Emergency Departments?</brief_title>
  <sponsors>
    <lead_sponsor>
      <agency>University of Southern Denmark</agency>
      <agency_class>Other</agency_class>
    </lead_sponsor>
  </sponsors>
  <source>University of Southern Denmark</source>
  <oversight_info>
    <has_dmc>No</has_dmc>
  </oversight_info>
  <brief_summary>
    <textblock>
      Clinical pharmacy has played a role in Emergency Departments (ED). The presence of&#xD;
      pharmacists have been shown to reduce medication errors and improve the medication history&#xD;
      taken at admission. In Denmark a recent study revealed that clinical pharmacists identified&#xD;
      medication problems in 25% of all admission to the ED, of which 47 % were considered to be&#xD;
      serious.&#xD;
&#xD;
      However, the pharmacist recommendations are of little value if they are not acknowledged or&#xD;
      followed by the physicians.&#xD;
&#xD;
      The aim of the present study was to analyze how often and under which circumstances the&#xD;
      physicians made use of pharmaceutical recommendations in an ED with a mixed patient&#xD;
      population with special attention to those recommendations, which were of significant or&#xD;
      disastrous importance.&#xD;
    </textblock>
  </brief_summary>
  <overall_status>Completed</overall_status>
  <start_date>August 2008</start_date>
  <completion_date type="Actual">March 2009</completion_date>
  <primary_completion_date type="Actual">March 2009</primary_completion_date>
  <study_type>Observational</study_type>
  <has_expanded_access>No</has_expanded_access>
  <study_design_info>
    <observational_model>Cohort</observational_model>
    <time_perspective>Prospective</time_perspective>
  </study_design_info>
  <primary_outcome>
    <measure>number of pharmacist recommendations</measure>
    <time_frame>up to 48 hours after admission</time_frame>
  </primary_outcome>
  <enrollment type="Actual">301</enrollment>
  <condition>Pharmacist Recommendations</condition>
  <eligibility>
    <study_pop>
      <textblock>
        all acute admissions to emergency department&#xD;
      </textblock>
    </study_pop>
    <sampling_method>Non-Probability Sample</sampling_method>
    <criteria>
      <textblock>
        Inclusion Criteria:&#xD;
&#xD;
        - all acute admissions to emergency department who were treated with one or more drugs&#xD;
&#xD;
        Exclusion Criteria:&#xD;
&#xD;
        - children less than 15 years.&#xD;
      </textblock>
    </criteria>
    <gender>All</gender>
    <minimum_age>15 Years</minimum_age>
    <maximum_age>N/A</maximum_age>
    <healthy_volunteers>No</healthy_volunteers>
  </eligibility>
  <location>
    <facility>
      <name>Kolding Sygehus</name>
      <address>
        <city>Kolding</city>
        <zip>6000</zip>
        <country>Denmark</country>
      </address>
    </facility>
  </location>
  <location_countries>
    <country>Denmark</country>
  </location_countries>
  <verification_date>November 2012</verification_date>
  <study_first_submitted>November 5, 2012</study_first_submitted>
  <study_first_submitted_qc>November 5, 2012</study_first_submitted_qc>
  <study_first_posted type="Estimate">November 7, 2012</study_first_posted>
  <last_update_submitted>November 7, 2012</last_update_submitted>
  <last_update_submitted_qc>November 7, 2012</last_update_submitted_qc>
  <last_update_posted type="Estimate">November 8, 2012</last_update_posted>
  <responsible_party>
    <responsible_party_type>Principal Investigator</responsible_party_type>
    <investigator_affiliation>University of Southern Denmark</investigator_affiliation>
    <investigator_full_name>Christian Backer Mogensen</investigator_full_name>
    <investigator_title>assistant professor</investigator_title>
  </responsible_party>
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</clinical_study>


download date: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 20, 2023
link text: Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
url: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01723462
org study id: SLB-ED-02-2012
nct id: NCT01723462
lead sponsor: 
has dmc: No
Clinical pharmacy has played a role in Emergency Departments (ED). The presence of
      pharmacists have been shown to reduce medication errors and improve the medication history
      taken at admission. In Denmark a recent study revealed that clinical pharmacists identified
      medication problems in 25% of all admission to the ED, of which 47 % were considered to be
      serious.

      However, the pharmacist recommendations are of little value if they are not acknowledged or
      followed by the physicians.

      The aim of the present study was to analyze how often and under which circumstances the
      physicians made use of pharmaceutical recommendations in an ED with a mixed patient
      population with special attention to those recommendations, which were of significant or
      disastrous importance.
observational model: Cohort
time perspective: Prospective
measure: number of pharmacist recommendations
time frame: up to 48 hours after admission
study pop: 
sampling method: Non-Probability Sample
criteria: 
gender: All
minimum age: 15 Years
maximum age: N/A
healthy volunteers: No
facility: 
country: Denmark
responsible party type: Principal Investigator
investigator affiliation: University of Southern Denmark
investigator full name: Christian Backer Mogensen
investigator title: assistant professor