Validation of Vital Signs and Symptoms for the Diagnosis of Serious Infections in Children in the Paediatric A&E.
Completed
- Conditions
- Respiratory Tract InfectionsUrinary Tract InfectionsMeningitisGastroenteritisCommunity-Acquired InfectionsSepsis
- Registration Number
- NCT01396798
- Lead Sponsor
- KU Leuven
- Brief Summary
Validation of Vital Signs and Symptoms for the Diagnosis of Serious Infections in Acutely Ill Children in a High Prevalent Setting: The Paediatric Accidents \& Emergencies through prospective observational data collection concerning specific items from the clinical and technical examination in diagnosing serious infections, such as meningitis, sepsis, pneumonia, pyelonephritis, bronchiolitis with hypoxia. Eventually we will attempt to validate a vital signs and symptoms rule derived from multiple low to high prevalent settings of acutely ill children.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1500
Inclusion Criteria
- Children aged 1 month to 16 years
- Acute illness episode of maximum 5 days
Exclusion Criteria
- recent trauma
- neurological conditions
- intoxication
- psychiatric of behavioural disorders without a somatic cause
- acute exacerbation of a chronic condition (asthma, known immunodeficiency, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, etc)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method serious infections: meningitis, sepsis, pneumonia, pyelonephritis, osteomyelitis and cellulitis, gastroenteritis with sever dehydration, complicated urinary tract infection and complicated viral airway infection with hypoxia. within 24 hours after assessment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Dienst Algemene Kindergeneeskunde, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven
🇧🇪Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium