Observation of Initial Procalcitonin and the Clinical Course of Patients With Acute Respiratory Tract Infections
- Conditions
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Registration Number
- NCT00827060
- Lead Sponsor
- Hannover Medical School
- 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)
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 702
- written informed consent
- all types of respiratory tract infection according to investigator´s diagnosis
- 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
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Medical School Hannover, Department Pneumology
🇩🇪Hannover, Germany
Medical School Hannover, Department Pneumology🇩🇪Hannover, Germany