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Utility of Thermal Imaging in Diagnosis of Cellulitis for Lower Extremity Complaints in the Emergency Department

NCT04928235 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 416

Last updated 2023-12-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The overall purpose of the study is to determine how providing physicians with a quantitative measure of skin surface temperature influences diagnoses and diagnostic confidence in potential cellulitis cases when added to the standard evaluation.

Conditions

  • Cellulitis
  • Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Infection

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Thermal Imaging as Diagnostic Adjunct

Thermal images of the participants lower extremities will be taken and skin surface temperature values will be provided to the healthcare provider for review during the emergency department encounter.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

    collaborator FED

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael Pulia, MD, MS · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-07-18
Primary Completion
2023-01-18
Completion
2023-02-18

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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