Electronic clinical decision support for acute fever management
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Acute febrile illnessInfections and Infestations
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN15157105
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Oxford
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 4560
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age =1 year
2. Unscheduled presentation for acute care
3. Documented fever (=37.5°C axillary) or hypothermia (<35.5°C) or history of fever in the last 24 hours
Exclusion Criteria
1. Onset of illness =14 days
2. Presenting due to accident or trauma
3. Presenting =3 days after routine immunizations
4. Presenting within the follow-up period
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of patients with acute fever aged =1 year who are prescribed antibiotics in the two study arms measured using data collected in the EDAM app by the end of the study
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method