Tokyo, May 30 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061742) titled 'End-of-Life Care in Emergency Departments: a scoping review' on May 29.

Study Type: Others,meta-analysis etc

Primary Sponsor: Institute - Mie University

Condition: Condition - N/A Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - To identify and summarize what is currently known about end-of-life care provided in the emergency department to patients who are transported to the emergency department and are considered to be at the end of life, as well as to their families. Basic objectives2 - Others

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - 18 years-old <= Age-upper limit - Not applicable Gender - Male and Female Key inclusion criteria - 1) Studies involving patients and their families who were transported to or presented at the emergency department due to acute onset, injury, or exacerbation of symptoms, and who are considered to be at the end of life. 2) Patients who are judged or estimated to be at high risk of death within hours, days, or weeks. 3) Studies that include descriptions of care provided to patients nearing the end of life and their families.

Eligible study designs: Randomized controlled trials, observational studies, quasi-experimental studies, before-and-after studies, cross-sectional studies, cohort studies, qualitative studies, case studies, mixed-methods studies, and quality improvement (QI) studies. Languages: English and Japanese Key exclusion criteria - 1) Studies conducted in settings such as intensive care units (ICUs) rather than emergency departments. 2) Studies focusing on palliative care provided as part of a planned or predictable trajectory of end-of-life care in patients with chronic conditions. 3) Studies involving patients with chronic illness who visit the emergency department for monitoring or management purposes (e.g., temporary medication adjustment) during the course of their illness. 4) Studies involving patients who are relatively stable and expected to be discharged home after the emergency department visit. 5) Studies limited to the timing or process of do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) orders or discussions.

Excluded study designs: Letters to the editor, commentaries, narrative reviews, systematic reviews, guidelines and position statements issued by academic societies, conference abstracts, articles published in non-academic magazines, commercial publications, and studies for which the full text is not available.

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - Preinitiation Date of protocol fixation - 2026 Year 05 Month 19 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2026 Year 05 Month 19 Day Last follow-up date - 2027 Year 03 Month 31 Day

To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000070652

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