Emergency Bedside Ultrasound for Pediatric Soft Tissue Infections

Completed

Conditions studied: Abscess

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if soft tissue infections in pediatric patients can be more accurately diagnosed (i.e. the presence of a drainable abscess) with the addition of bedside ultrasound to the clinical examination compared to the clinical examination alone.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00595881

Run by

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

People needed

420

Starts

2008-07-01

Expected to finish

2010-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-12-31

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Evidence of at least one of the following: skin elevation, induration, tenderness, fluctuance, or history of purulent drainage from the lesion

You may not qualify if…

• Suspected paronychia or felon
• Lesion involving the face, perirectal, or vaginal area
• Surgical wound infection
• Underlying immunodeficiency
• Non-soft tissue infectious mass (e.g. lymphadenitis)
• Suspected non-infectious mass (e.g. hernia, lymph node)

Where it is running

• The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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