Infected Elders in the Emergency Department: Outcomes and Processes of Care

Completed

Conditions studied: Sepsis

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine factors which predict a complicated hospital course and then to develop from these findings an Emergency Department guideline to assist in knowing who is at highest risk of elderly patients with infection presenting for care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00591955

Run by

Ohio State University

People needed

213

Starts

2006-01-01

Expected to finish

2009-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-07-12

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age 65 or older
• blood cultures ordered in the Emergency Department
• admitted to the hospital from the Emergency Department

You may not qualify if…

• age less than 65
• prisoners
• Patient unable to provide consent and no legally authorized representative available
• non-English speaking
• ED visit or admission in the last 7 days for the same condition
• primary evaluation by the trauma team

Where it is running

• The Ohio State University Medical Center — Columbus, Ohio, United States

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