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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12609000042246
ACTRN12609000042246
Completed
Phase 3

Febrile children less than 5 years with a febrile illness are assesed by doctors using either a computer decision support system, a structured febrile assessment tool or standard care for the diagnosis of pneumonia, urinary tract infection or bacteraemia

The Childrens Hospital at Westmead0 sites17,000 target enrollmentJanuary 19, 2009

Overview

Phase
Phase 3
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Febrile illness
Sponsor
The Childrens Hospital at Westmead
Enrollment
17000
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
January 19, 2009
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
The Childrens Hospital at Westmead

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Children less than 5\.0 years at presentation to The Childrens Hospital at Westmead Emergency Department, presenting for assessment of a febrile illness. A febrile illness is defined as; A preseting problem recorded by a triage nurse as relating to fever (ICD10AM codes R50\.0, R50\.1, R50\.9, R56\.0\), or A positive response to the triage questions; Has your child felt hot in the past 24 hours? or Has your child’s temperature been taken in the past 24 hours?, (yes) and the response options 38\.0 – 38\.9oC or 39\.0 – 39\.9oC or \> 40\.0oC are chosen OR Nurse measured temperature of \=38\.0 o C recorded in Observation screen/notes

Exclusion Criteria

  • Children greater than 5\.0 years of age at presentation
  • Children transferred in from another hospital (assessed elsewhere and transferred here from another facility)
  • Children with a reference test result performed less than 24 hours prior to ED presentation for the current illness (ie urine, blood, CSF, joint/fluid cultures, chest x ray, bone scan as detailed in the ED Summary)
  • Children presenting as a child protection unit case (ie suspected child abuse as detailed in ED Summary)
  • Children currently or previously treated for cancer (as detailed in ED Summary)
  • Children on immunosuppression therapy or with a primary immunodeficiency (as detailed in ED summary)
  • Children who present with a new burn injury (ie the reason for the visit) and who trigger the study only because they 'Felt Hot' and have no other indications that the visit is related to a febrile illness

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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