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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
NameTimeMethod
Plasma presepsin level in different patient groups at the timepoint presentation at emergency department
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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.
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