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Point-of-Care Ultrasound Educational Initiative for Insect Bites

NCT03619746 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 71

Last updated 2020-10-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This pre-post study, designed to decrease unnecessary antibiotic prescribing, will use a prospective cohort of patients presenting to the Pediatric Emergency Department (PED). Patients with local skin findings that the clinician believes are primarily due to an insect bite or sting will be approached for the study.

The intervention will occur at the physician level. Midway through the study, physicians will receive an educational intervention describing how to differentiate cellulitis from allergic reaction using point-of-care bedside ultrasound.

The main outcome observed will be whether or not the patient receives a prescription for antibiotics at the index visit.

Conditions

  • Cellulitis
  • Insect Bites
  • Insect Stings

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

POCUS Educational Intervention

Midway through the study, all Pediatric Emergency Attendings and Fellows at Jacobi Medical Center will receive an educational session that describes how to properly perform a soft tissue examination using point-of-care ultrasound to differentiate between cellulitis and local allergic reaction.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • James A Meltzer, MD, MS · Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Months
Max Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-08-10
Primary Completion
2020-06-30
Completion
2020-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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