Comparative Effectiveness of Emergency Ultrasound Guided Management of Pediatric Soft Tissue Infections

To examine the effect of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) management guidance on pediatric skin and soft tissue infections treatment failure rate, as well as emergency department process outcome.

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Key information

Conditions

Soft Tissue Infection Infections Soft Tissue Infections

Age range

6 month–19 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Advocate Christ Medical Center

Oak Lawn, Illinois, 60453, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

history and examination findings consistent with possible abscess or cellulitis per the treating clinician.
minimal lesion diameter for inclusion is 1cm.

Exclusion criteria

suspected soft tissue infections involving or near mucosal membranes (e.g. perirectal, peritonsillar, vulvovaginal areas)
facial lesions
paronychia or felon
parent or patient refusal of consent
unsuitable subjects deemed by treating clinicians.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

treatment failure rate

Time frame: 7-10days

unscheduled return visits need for subsequent procedural intervention need for subsequent admission change in therapy

Secondary outcomes

emergency department process outcome

Time frame: 7-10days

emergency department (ED) length of stay, need for ED procedural sedation use of alternative imaging in ED

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Other

Collaborators

American College of Emergency Physicians
Baylor College of Medicine
Maimonides Medical Center
Montefiore Medical Center
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2014
Primary completion: 2015
Study completion: 2015
First posted: Mar 28, 2014
Registry last updated: Oct 4, 2024

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