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Emergency Bedside Ultrasound for Pediatric Soft Tissue Infections

NCT00595881 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 420

Last updated 2012-12-31

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if soft tissue infections in pediatric patients can be more accurately diagnosed (i.e. the presence of a drainable abscess) with the addition of bedside ultrasound to the clinical examination compared to the clinical examination alone.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Bedside emergency ultrasound

Ultrasound will be performed on the lesion in question.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Elizabeth Alpern, MD, MSCE · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Months
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2010-05-31
Completion
2010-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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