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To overcome these challenges, we have established a novo biobank for acute and emergency medicine: Acutelines.
The Acutelines infographic gives a visual representation of what we do.
Participants have to meet at least one of the following criteria in order to be eligible for inclusion:
You can send a request for more information using the Request Acutelines information form.
Please visit the UMCG Research Data Catalogue for more detailed information on our data and samples.
Samples will be collected prior to the start of treatment, as soon as possible after presentation. A deferred proxy consent procedure is in place to allow the collection of data and biomaterials before having obtained written consent. Clinical data, imaging data and biomaterials (blood, urine, faeces, and hair) will be collected. The digital infrastructure used ensures the automated capturing of all bedside monitoring data (vital parameters and electrophysiological waveforms), and the secure import of data from other sources, such as the electronic health records drawn up by the hospital staff, ambulance staff, general practitioner, the municipal registration, and the pharmacy.
Please visit Acutelines: data- en biobank voor ontstaan en behandeling van acute aandoeningen for more information about participation (in Dutch).
We prospectively include adult patients (aged ≥ 18 years) visiting the emergency department who are being referred to healthcare professionals from internal medicine, nephrology, geriatric medicine, oncology, haematology, pulmonology, rheumatology, gastroenterology and hepatology or emergency medicine (non-trauma). Emergency nurses and trained research assistants screen all patients’ eligibility for inclusion in Acutelines and collection of their data and biomaterials.
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Acutelines
PO Box 30.001
9700 RB Groningen
The Netherlands
Visiting address
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Department of Emergency medicine (non-trauma)
Antonius Deusinglaan 1
9713 AV Groningen