NCT00285285

Point of Care Device Use in the Pediatric Emergency Department

A Randomized Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Point-of-Care Testing in Decreasing Length of Stay in a Pediatric Emergency Department

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (planned)
• Sponsor: Yale University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Day – 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To compare the effect of "point-of-care" (POC) analysis of blood work with traditional laboratory methods on length of stay in a pediatric emergency department (PED).

Detailed description

This study was a prospective, randomized controlled study of patients requiring blood work that a POC device was capable of performing. Length of time spent at various timepoints were prospectively recorded by a dedicated research assistant after randomization.

Conditions

• Dehydration
• Seizure
• Gastroenteritis
• Hyperglycemia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Point of Care Device; i-Stat Analyzer

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-01-01
• Completion: 2004-08-01
• First posted: 2006-02-01
• Last updated: 2006-02-01