Pain Management of Children With Appendicitis in the Emergency Department (ER)

• Conditions: Pain
• Interventions: Other: Determination of pain management

• Registration Number: NCT03075293
• Lead Sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Brief Summary

The aim of this retrospective study is to determine the percentage of children with appendicitis who were given analgesics or opioids in the ER, to reduce their pain.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2017-03
• Study First Submitted: 2017-03-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-03-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-03-06
• Study First Posted: 2017-03-09
• Last Update Posted: 2017-03-09
• Study Start: 2017-03-26
• Primary Completion: 2017-07-01
• Study Completion: 2018-04-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

Inclusion Criteria

• Children with appendicitis

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Children with appendicitis	Determination of pain management	All children who came to the ER with appendicitis

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of children given pain medication	One year	Percentage of children given pain medication will be determined according to the data found in their medical records

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Hadera, Israel