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.
Investigators
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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