Status:
UNKNOWN
Telemedicine and Face-to-face Consultations Diagnostic Accuracy Comparison in Gastrointestinal Infection Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Conditions:
Gastrointestinal Infection
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Acute gastroenterocolitis (GECA) in healthy adults is a frequent cause of looking for medical care in emergency care units and most cases are aimed at etiology viral infection or food toxin, being gen...
Detailed Description
The face-to-face assessment will be carried out by the local UPA medical and assistance team and the assessment by telemedicine by the fixed medical team of the HIAE service responsible for urgency / ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age\> 18 years
- Symptoms present less than 7 days.
- Without the use of antibiotics in last 30 days prior to the onset of symptoms.
- No trips abroad in the last 15 days prior to the onset of symptoms.
- Presence of more than three episodes of watery diarrhea in the last 24 hours with or without symptoms related to the infection (fever 38oC, chills, sweating, myalgia, vomiting) that motivated / were looking for the Emergency Care Unit
- Signature of informed consent form
Exclusion
- Return to the Emergency Care Unit due to maintenance or aggravation of the complaint
- Age\> 65 years
- Diagnosis of chronic gastrointestinal diseases, gastritis with or without gastroesophageal reflux disease, previous diverticulitis, previous abdominal surgery, chronic colitis, inflammatory bowel diseases, food intolerances (gluten, lactose)
- Previous diagnosis of congestive heart failure, HIV / AIDS, active cancer, type I diabetes mellitus, use of any immunosuppressant
- Diarrhea chronic
- Patient with emergency room criteria by the nursing evaluation of the triage.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 20 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04803435
Start Date
February 20 2022
End Date
December 1 2022
Last Update
February 11 2022
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