Status:
COMPLETED
Clinical Decision Rules in the Emergency Department to Improve the Management of Acute Respiratory Infection and Acute Infectious Diarrhea
Lead Sponsor:
Simon Berthelot
Collaborating Sponsors:
Meridian Bioscience, Inc.
Ministère de l'Économie, de la Science et de l'Innovation
Conditions:
Acute Respiratory Infection
Acute Bacterial Diarrhea
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief 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 managem...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Acute Respiratory Infections :
- 18 years of age or older;
- Able to consent to the study;
- Reachable by phone;
- Consent to be reached directly by phone;
- At least one of the following respiratory symptoms consistent with an acute respiratory infection for 10 days or less, i. Cough and/or ii. Purulent sputum and/or iii. Pharyngeal pain and/or iv. Nasal congestion and/or v. Rhinorrhea and/or vi. Agueusia and/or vii. Anosmia;
- A triage score of 3 (30 minutes), 4 (60 minutes) or 5 (120 minutes) on the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS);
- Triaged by the ED nurse and managed according to standard ED care protocols;
- Resident of Québec;
- Holder of a Québec health insurance number.
Exclusion
- Cognitive impairment that prevents the patient from reliably answering the risk stratification tool or research questions;
- Resident of a long-term care facility;
- Refusal of nasopharyngeal swab.
- Acute infectious diarrhea :
- Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years of age or older;
- Able to consent to the study;
- Reachable by phone;
- Consent to be reached directly by phone;
- At least three loose or liquid stools over a 24-hour period and for 10 days or less;
- A triage score of 3 (30 minutes), 4 (60 minutes) or 5 (120 minutes) on the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS);
- Triaged by the ED nurse and managed according to standard ED care protocols;
- Resident of Québec.
- Holder of a Québec health insurance number.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 3 2022
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 31 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
1474 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05322694
Start Date
February 3 2022
End Date
March 31 2023
Last Update
May 30 2023
Active Locations (3)
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1
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2X 0A9
2
Hôpital Général Juif
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1E2
3
CHU de Québec - Université Laval
Québec, Canada, G1V 4G2