Skip to main content
MedPathMedPath Home
Clinical Trials/NCT02099227
NCT02099227
Completed
Not Applicable

Comparative Effectiveness of Emergency Ultrasound Guided Management of Pediatric Soft Tissue Infections

Wake Forest University Health Sciences1 site in 1 country280 target enrollmentMarch 2014
Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to LinkedInShare to Reddit
ConditionsSoft Tissue Infection

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Soft Tissue Infection
Sponsor
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Enrollment
280
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
treatment failure rate
Status
Completed
Last Updated
last year
OverviewInvestigatorsEligibility CriteriaOutcomesSitesSimilar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

To examine the effect of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) management guidance on pediatric skin and soft tissue infections treatment failure rate, as well as emergency department process outcome.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
March 2014
End Date
September 2015
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • •history and examination findings consistent with possible abscess or cellulitis per the treating clinician.
  • •minimal lesion diameter for inclusion is 1cm.

Exclusion Criteria

  • •suspected soft tissue infections involving or near mucosal membranes (e.g. perirectal, peritonsillar, vulvovaginal areas)
  • •facial lesions
  • •paronychia or felon
  • •parent or patient refusal of consent
  • •unsuitable subjects deemed by treating clinicians.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

treatment failure rate

Time Frame: 7-10days

unscheduled return visits need for subsequent procedural intervention need for subsequent admission change in therapy

Secondary Outcomes

  • emergency department process outcome(7-10days)

Study Sites (1)

Loading locations...

Similar Trials

Recruiting
Not Applicable
Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Pediatric Thoracic Trauma: A Multi-Institutional TrialTrauma ChestPediatric ALL
NCT05025150Sutter Health1,020
Not yet recruiting
Not Applicable
POCUS for Small Bowel Obstruction in the ED: a Retrospective StudySmall Bowel ObstructionPoint of Care Ultrasound
NCT05864378Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena230
Recruiting
Not Applicable
The use of ultrasound to evaluate the stomach contents in trauma and non-trauma patients posted for surgeryHealth Condition 1: T07- Unspecified multiple injuries
CTRI/2022/07/044422Chhavi Sawhney
Completed
Not Applicable
The Effects of Point-of-care UltrasonographyChest Pain
NCT04429698Sakarya University208
Completed
Not Applicable
Emergency Bedside Ultrasound for Pediatric Soft Tissue InfectionsAbscess
NCT00595881Children's Hospital of Philadelphia420