NCT05140213

A STUDY BEFORE/AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ANTI-INFECTIOUS PRESCRIPTION AID

EVALUATION OF 30-DAY MORTALITY AFTER A VISIT TO THE LAPEYRONIE ADULT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF THE CHU MONTPELLIER FOR SEPSIS OR SEPTIC SHOCK

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 371 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Montpellier · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Anti-infective strategy is a major public health problem. This is a before-and-after study of an anti-infectious prescription tool with a comparison of mortality at 30 days (then 3 and 6 months) between the two inclusion phases of 6 months each.

Conditions

• Sepsis
• Septic Shock

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Anti-infectious prescription support tool	implementation of a pocket notebook with current anti-infectious recommendations in the emergency department Patients were kept under surveillance for at least one hour before discharge. Patients were discharged home with a 7 day supply of acetaminophen 1000 mg orally every 6 h, ketoprofen 100 mg, orally twice a day, and muscle relaxant as needed. Patients were instructed to take tramadol 50 mg, orally every 6h as needed for low back pain, in case of insufficient relief.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-12-12
• Primary completion: 2021-08-12
• Completion: 2021-08-30
• First posted: 2021-12-01
• Last updated: 2021-12-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France