Status:
WITHDRAWN
Antimicrobial Stewardship in Pediatric Surgery
Lead Sponsor:
Alberta Children's Hospital
Conditions:
Appendicitis
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 18 years
Brief Summary
Acute appendicitis is a common surgical emergency in children. Non-perforated appendicitis patients do not require antibiotics after appendectomy. Although guidelines and recommendations exist to decr...
Detailed Description
Many surgeons continue to treat non-perforated or "borderline perforated" appendicitis with postoperative antibiotics despite an evidence-based definition of perforation (in the pediatric surgical lit...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Participant (surgeon) is a pediatric surgeon at McMaster Children's Hospital and takes care of patients under the age of 18 who undergo appendectomy.
- Participant (surgeon) is able to read, write and understand English.
- Participant (surgeon) is able to provide informed consent.
Exclusion
- Participant (surgeon) only has patients who undergo drain insertion, PICC line insertion or a secondary operation during the same admission
- Participant (surgeon) only has patients who do not undergo operation (i.e. "conservative management with interval appendectomy)
- Participant (surgeon) does not provide informed consent
- Participant (surgeon) does not understand written and spoken English diagnosis other than appendicitis at time of operation
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2015
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02270996
Start Date
January 1 2015
End Date
December 1 2015
Last Update
March 20 2018
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