Observation of the Initial Procalcitonin Values and the Clinical Course of Patients With Acute Respiratory Tract Infections at General Medical Practices in Greater Hannover
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Sponsor
- Hannover Medical School
- Enrollment
- 702
- Locations
- 1
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 17 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Observation of the initial Procalcitonin values and the clinical course of consecutively included patients with Acute Respiratory Tract Infections at general medical practices in greater Hannover.
Detailed Description
Primary endpoint: * initial Procalcitonin values of patients with Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Secondary endpoints: * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to classify Acute Respiratory Tract Infections * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to subjective severity of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to antibiotic- prescriptions * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to frequency of admission to hospital * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to frequency of referrals (radiology, pneumology)
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •written informed consent
- •all types of respiratory tract infection according to investigator´s diagnosis
Exclusion Criteria
- •pretreatment with antibiotics in the past 2 weeks
- •portal hypertension
- •Major surgeries or multiple trauma which require hospitalization, in previous 4 weeks
- •Autoimmune disease and systemic diseases (lupus erythematodes, wegener´s disease)
- •Peritoneal dialysis
- •Acute treated or recently operated medullary c-cell-carcinoma, SCLC, carcinoid
- •Other inflammatory diseases (e.g. urinary tract infection, pyelonephritis, pancreatitis
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified