Adherence to Anti-infectious Treatment Protocols in Emergencies and Short-term Hospitalization at the Infectious Disease Department"
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Enrollment
- 2,000
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- List of Antibiotic treatment
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Consensual antibiotic protocols have been developed and validated locally by infectious disease specialists, internists and emergency physicians, in order to encourage their compliance. A preliminary study was conducted from June 2015 to February 2016, including 622 patients admitted to the emergency department for infectious syndrome such as /
- Pneumoniae
- Urinary tract infection
- Cellulitis
- Meningitis
- Malaria
- Febrile neutropenia
- Febrile acute diarrhea
- Fever back to the tropics
- Angina
- sexually transmitted infection This prospective study will observe and analyze the adherence of prescribers to these protocols. With description of patients who benefited or not the antibiotic protocol, according to a syndromic approach and analysis of the causes of non-adherence to the protocols. In order to limit the length of stay and reduce the cost of hospitalization..
Detailed Description
Consensual antibiotic protocols have been developed and validated locally by infectious disease specialists, internists and emergency physicians, in order to encourage their compliance. A preliminary study was conducted from June 2015 (setting up protocols) to February 2016, including 622 patients admitted to the emergency department for infectious syndrome such as /
- Pneumoniae
- Urinary tract infection
- Cellulitis
- Meningitis
- Malaria
- Febrile neutropenia
- Febrile acute diarrhea
- Fever back to the tropics
- Angina
- sexually transmitted infection This prospective study will observe and analyze the adherence of prescribers to these protocols. With description of patients who benefited or not the antibiotic protocol, according to a syndromic approach and analysis of the causes of non-adherence to the protocols. In order to limit the length of stay and reduce the cost of hospitalization..
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Prospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patient admitted to emergency for infectious syndrome
- •Patient > 18 years old.
- •Patient who accept to have his medical records reviewed for research.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patient < 18 years old.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
List of Antibiotic treatment
Time Frame: up to 12 weeks
Description of the prescribed antibiotic treatment depending of infectious syndrome: name, duration for each treatment during hospitalization Data will be collected in the medical files: * date of introduction of antibiotic treatment * withdrawal dates * stop dates * antibiotic classes
Adverse events
Time Frame: up to 12 weeks
Description of the cause of non adherence to antibiotic treatment initiates at hospital admission of antibiotherapy: Data will be collected in the medical files of patients: events leading to withdrawal or stop treatment (insufficiency renal, allergic reaction ... etc) date of events aggravation or recovery
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported