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Point-of-care Testing of Respiratory Pathogens at Pediatric Emergency Room

NCT03932942 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1350

Last updated 2020-11-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main objective of the trial is to evaluate the effect of point-of-care testing of respiratory pathogens at a pediatric emergency room on the antibiotic consumption and hospital admissions in acutely ill children.

Conditions

  • Respiratory Tract Infections

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

QIAstat at pediatric emergency room

Pediatric acute care nurses will obtain respiratory samples for testing from all patients with fever or any respiratory symptom.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oulu University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Oulu

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Terhi S Tapiainen, MD,PhD · Oulu University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-05-06
Primary Completion
2020-03-20
Completion
2020-04-13

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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