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Urinary Catheter Exchange on Admission of Septic Elderly With Permanent Catheter Before Initiation of Antibiotics

NCT00503282 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL

Last updated 2007-07-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In the era of emerging antibiotics resistant microbiology, we look for better outcome in the treatment of infections in the elderly.

We look for guidelines to manage an elderly who has a permanent urinary catheter, admitting to E.R. with Fever/Sepsis.

We assume that exchanging the permanent urinary catheter prior to the Urine Culture sample as well as for initiating antibiotic treatment will improve the outcome of the patients.It could help the day-to-day fight for the proper antibiotics treatment to avoid resistance.

Conditions

  • Fever
  • Heart Rate
  • Blood Pressure
  • C-Reactive Protein
  • Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shaare Zedek Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ron Ben - Itzhak · HEBREW UNIVERSITY, JERUSALEM

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
95 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Completion
2007-10-31

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