Prehospital dyspnoea
Observational study, which was based on retrospective journal review. The samples consisted of all ambulance missions (n=7260) that were classified as ESS 04 (dyspnoea as the main symptom) by ambulance clinicians during the year 2017 in two areas in southwestern Sweden, which included 16 ambulance stations. After a manual review of ambulance records and hospital records, 908 patients were excluded (reason: age < 16 years, missing social security number, ambulance transports to hospitals outside included areas, duplicate ambulance records, insufficient documentation, incorrect ESS code and secondary transports). This meant that 6354 patients were finally included.
Go to data source
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-30670
Documentation files
Documentation files
Citation and access
Citation and access
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Data contains personal data:
Yes
Type of personal data:
Information on health status, personal identity number, ambulance mission id
Sensitive personal data:
Yes
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Method and outcome
Method and outcome
Unit of analysis:
Population:
Patients with dyspnoea as the main symptom within ambulance care.
Study design:
- Observational study
- Cohort study: Retrospective
- Cohort study
Description of study design:
Retrospective observational study
Sampling procedure:
Description of sampling:
Journal review of ambulance and hospital records. A total of 7,260 ambulance missions, of which 6,354 met the inclusion and exclusion criteria, including those assessed to have breathing difficulties as the main symptom by ambulance personnel and all primary ambulance missions between January 1 and December 31, 2017.
Criteria in detail:
1) a primary mission in which a patient (or e.g. a family member that represents the patient) calls the dispatch centre, an ambulance is dispatched and 2) the assignment of an ESS code of 04 (dyspnoea) is made by the PEN.
The exclusion criteria were as follows:
1) lack of a personal identity number, 2) transportation to hospitals outside the research area, 3) age < 16 years, 4) duplicate EMS records, 5) missing record or lack of information, 6) incorrect triage (ESS), and 7) secondary transport use.
Time period(s) investigated:
Variables:
85
Number of individuals/objects:
7260
Data collection - Observation
Data collection - Observation
Mode of collection:
Observation
Description of the mode of collection:
Observation of medical patient journals
Time period(s) for data collection:
2017-01-01 - 2017-12-31
Data collector:
- University of Borås
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ROR
Sample size:
7260
Source of the data:
- Registers/Records/Accounts
Instrument
Instrument
Name:
Observation guide form for data entry
Type:
Data collection guidelines: Observation guide
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage
Geographic location:
Administrative information
Administrative information
Responsible department/unit:
PreHospen, Centre for prehospital research
Identifiers
Identifiers
Ethical Review
Ethical Review
Reviewer:
- Gothenburg Ethical Review Board
Registration number:
989-17
Topic and keywords
Topic and keywords
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Relations
Relations
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Publications
Publications
Citation:
Kauppi, W. (2022). Kampen mot det okontrollerbara vid existensens gräns : Patienten med andnöd i behov av ambulanssjukvård. (Skrifter från Högskolan i Borås, 127). Borås, Högskolan i Borås.
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SwePub:
Citation:
Kauppi, W., Herlitz, J., Thomas, K., Magnusson, C., Palmér, L., & Axelsson, C. (2020). Pre-hospital predictors of an adverse outcome among patients with dyspnoea as the main symptom assessed by prehospital emergency nurses - a retrospective observational study. In BMC Emergency Medicine (Vol. 20, Issue 1, 89).
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Citation:
Kauppi, W., Herlitz, J., Magnusson, C., Palmér, L., & Axelsson, C. (2020). Characteristics and outcomes of patients with dyspnoea as the main symptom, assessed by prehospital emergency nurses - a retrospective observational study. In BMC Emergency Medicine (Vol. 20, Issue 1, 67).
