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Clinical Decision Rules in the Emergency Department to Improve the Management of Acute Respiratory Infection and Acute Infectious Diarrhea

NCT05322694 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1474

Last updated 2023-05-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Acute respiratory infections (such as influenza-like illness and upper respiratory tract infection) and acute infectious diarrhea are, for the most part, conditions that do not require medical management or specific treatment. Depending on the level of their transmission in the community, however, these diseases place significant clinical and financial burden on the healthcare system, particularly on emergency departments (ED). The investigators propose a prospective multicenter cohort study with which they aim to validate clinical decision rules combining 1) rapid molecular tests and 2) risk stratification tools to identify patients at low risk for complications related to acute respiratory infection and acute infectious diarrhea. The use of these clinical decision rules by nurses in ED triage could allow low-risk patients to be sent directly home for self-treatment without having to see the emergency physician. By eliminating the need for physician assessment, paraclinical testing and prolonged waiting in the ED, these triage-based clinical decision rules could provide a new, safe care pathway for acute respiratory infections and acute infectious diarrhea, reducing the burden on the patient, the healthcare system, and society.

Conditions

  • Acute Respiratory Infection
  • Acute Bacterial Diarrhea

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Meridian Bioscience, Inc.

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Ministère de l'Économie, de la Science et de l'Innovation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Simon Berthelot

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-02-03
Primary Completion
2022-12-31
Completion
2023-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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