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CompletedNCT00736060

Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Sickle Cell Anemia Patients Admitted With Fever

Study the Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics and the Outcome of Sickle Cell Anemia Patients Admitted to the Pediatric Ward Because of Fever as the Presenting Symptom

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
60 (estimated)
Sponsor
HaEmek Medical Center, Israel · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This study will summarized the clinical and laboratory data and the outcome of all the patients suffering from Sickle Cell Anemia (Including Sickle cell thalassemia) admitted to the pediatric ward.

Detailed description

The actual protocol for SCA patients admitted with fever is to obtain blood cultures and start empiric antibiotic treatment. The study cohort included 60 SCA patients actually treated in the Pediatric Hematology Unit.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERObservationalSummary of clinical and laboratory data

Timeline

Start date
2008-05-01
Completion
2008-11-01
First posted
2008-08-15
Last updated
2011-08-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00736060. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.