Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 3:05 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 3:05 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02496559
Brief Summary:
Viral self-limiting infections in respiratory organs among children are common in primary care. Serious infections have low prevalence and are challenging to distinguish from self-limiting infections.
Prescription of antibiotics in primary care is still high but stable since 2009 in Norway, and 90% of all antibiotics are prescribed in primary care.
C-reactive protein (CRP) has been especially popular in Norway for point-of-care testing in primary care, but its role in ruling-out serious infections and the cut-off value for prescribing antibiotics has been discussed a lot.
The aim of this study is to identify if pretesting with CRP of all children 0-6 year with fever or respiratory symptoms at Out-of-Hours Services will affect the prescription of antibiotics and the referral to hospital for children.
Detailed Description:
Design: A randomized controlled observational study including children 0-6 year with fever and/or respiratory symptoms at 4 different Out-of-hour Services and at 1 Emergency Children Department Clinic at a hospital (open clinic). The data consist of clinical data and anamnestic information from a nurse at OOH-service collected before the consultation, the doctor's journal and a questionnaire to parents before the consultation and 1 week after the consultation.
Study:
NCT02496559
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02496559