Presepsin in young infants with fever
- Conditions
- Fever of unknown origin
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON20439
- Lead Sponsor
- Investigator initiated
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 230
Inclusion Criteria
Age under 3 months
-Temperature >38,0 ?C (measured by parents or at emergency department, tympanic or rectally)
-Fever of unknown origin
-Visiting emergency department from home
-Submitted to blood sampling for infection as part of routine care, i.e. blood culture and/or infection parameters
-Informed consent of parent(s) or legal guardian(s)
Exclusion Criteria
None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Plasma presepsin level in different patient groups at the timepoint presentation at emergency department
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method a cut-off value of plasma presepsin level for bacterial infection, the diagnostic accuracy of presepsin in detection of bacterial infection, a clinical pattern associated with probable bacterial infection based on high and low presepsin levels. All secondary outcomes will be measured at the timepoints presentation at emergency department.