Expanding Antimicrobial Stewardship
Completed
Conditions studied: Infection
In brief
Gold standard diagnostic criteria for diagnosing acute infection in older adult patients in the Emergency Department do not currently exist. These patients often have atypical presentations which can complicate diagnosis and treatment. The development of an antimicrobial stewardship program for Emergency Department older adult patients can ultimately improve the accuracy of diagnosis and correct antimicrobial prescribing. This research study involves data collection from enrolled subjects and treating physicians. The data will be collected using a patient interview which will be answered directly by the patient or caregiver. Additional surveys will be administered to the Emergency Department treating physician and subsequent physician. Additional data will be abstracted from the Emergency Department chart and from additional charts that often accompanies the patient to the Emergency Department. A physician adjudication process will occur if there is disagreement in diagnosis between the treating Emergency Department physician and succeeding physician.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01746888
- Run by
- Jeffrey Caterino
- People needed
- 437
- Starts
- 2011-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-11-08
Who can join
Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 65 years of age
You may not qualify if…
- Patient incarcerated
- Chief complaint of suicidal or homicidal ideation
- Patient primarily evaluated by the trauma team
Where it is running
- Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University — Columbus, Ohio, United States
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