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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.
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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

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 format/​data structure:

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:

Sample size:

7260

Source of the data:

  • Registers/Records/Accounts

Instrument

Name:

Observation guide form for data entry

Type:

Data collection guidelines: Observation guide

Geographic coverage

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Administrative information

Responsible department/​unit:

PreHospen, Centre for prehospital research

URN:

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Ethics Review:

Gothenburg - 989-17

Topic and keywords

Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2025:

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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.

SwePub:

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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).

SwePub:

oai:DiVA.org:hb-24030Opens in a new tab

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).

SwePub:

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doris
University of Borås
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