PATCH-ED
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Diagnostic yield of an ambulatory patch monitor in Emergency Department syncope patients unexplained after Emergency Department evaluation: a pilot study (PATCH-ED).
IRAS ID
179127
Contact name
Matthew Reed
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
ACCORD (Academic and Clinical Central Office for Research & Development)
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 7 months, 1 days
Research summary
Syncope is a common Emergency Department presentation but the underlying diagnosis is not apparent in 60% of patients after assessment and serious adverse event rate is 7% at one month. Many cardiovascular events are due to arrhythmia, difficult for clinicians to diagnose as examination and ECG findings may both be normal and symptoms have resolved by the time the patient gets to the ED. Currently establishing a cardiac arrhythmia as the cause of syncope rests on correlating the arrhythmia with symptoms using monitoring devices such as Holter but these all have significant drawbacks. The ZIO®XT patch will allow better and earlier arrhythmia detection.
REC name
South East Scotland REC 02
REC reference
15/SS/0072
Date of REC Opinion
3 Jun 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion