CompletedNot Applicable

Presentation of Subarachnoid Haemorrhage

Denmark892 participantsStarted 2019-08-26

Plain-language summary

It is the primary aim of this study to identify symptoms and/or specific words (trigger words) indicative of spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage (sSAH) during emergency telephone calls to the Emergency Medical Service Copenhagen (EMS). Further, it is the aim to determine the association between the symptoms/trigger words and sSAH, the sensitivity of the symptoms/trigger words and finally, to identify factors in the telephone visitation that may influence the level of activated prehospital response

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Having called the emergency medical service Copenhagen between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2018. * Must have a Danish Central Person Register-number. * Cases must be first-ever subarachnoid haemorrhages. * Cases must have survived to admission. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients transferred to a to a hospital in the Capital Region of Denmark from abroad or from another Danish geopolitical region. * Subarachnoid haemorrhages that have occurred during hospitalization are also excluded.

What they're measuring

Proportions of patients with each symptom

Timeframe: Day 0

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03980613

SponsorRigshospitalet, Denmark

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2020-12-31

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