Infected Elders in the Emergency Department: Outcomes and Processes of Care

NCT00591955 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 213

Last updated 2013-07-12

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine factors which predict a complicated hospital course and then to develop from these findings an Emergency Department guideline to assist in knowing who is at highest risk of elderly patients with infection presenting for care.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ohio State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jeffrey M Caterino, MD · The Ohio State University Department of Emergency Medicine

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-10-31
Completion
2009-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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