Prescription Antipyretics to Decrease Unscheduled Return Visits In A Pediatric Emergency Department

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Conditions studied: Fever

In brief

The study aims to evaluate whether unscheduled return visits within one week for similar complaints are impacted by ensuring parents leave the emergency department (ED) with a prescription for appropriately dosed acetaminophen and ibuprofen for their child.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07074912

Run by

University of Texas at Austin

People needed

440

Starts

2024-12-15

Expected to finish

2026-03-15

Last updated by the study team

2025-07-20

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 3. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children 6 to < 36 months of age being discharged home from Dell Children's Medical Center emergency department who are evaluated for fever
• Caregiver fluent in English or Spanish

You may not qualify if…

• Previous enrollment in this study
• Patient admitted to hospital
• Parental request for a prescription for acetaminophen and/or ibuprofen
• Trauma patient
• Orthopedic complaint
• Other painful indication for acetaminophen or ibuprofen
• Acetaminophen or ibuprofen prescribed for anything other than fever
• Allergy or another contraindication to acetaminophen or ibuprofen
• Parent and patient unlikely to follow up in the region (i.e., lives out of state)

Where it is running

• Dell Children's Medical Center — Austin, Texas, United States (enrolling)

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