Actively Recruiting
Prescription Antipyretics to Decrease Unscheduled Return Visits In A Pediatric Emergency Department
Led by University of Texas at Austin · Updated on 2025-07-20
440
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
65 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The study aims to evaluate whether unscheduled return visits within one week for similar complaints are impacted by ensuring parents leave the emergency department (ED) with a prescription for appropriately dosed acetaminophen and ibuprofen for their child.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Prescription Antipyretics to Decrease Unscheduled Return Visits In A Pediatric Emergency Department
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Children 6 to less than 36 months old evaluated for fever and being discharged home from Dell Children's Medical Center emergency department
- Caregiver fluent in English or Spanish
You will not qualify if you...
- Previous enrollment in this study
- Patient admitted to hospital
- Parental request for a prescription for acetaminophen and/or ibuprofen
- Trauma patient
- Orthopedic complaint
- Other painful indication for acetaminophen or ibuprofen
- Acetaminophen or ibuprofen prescribed for anything other than fever
- Allergy or contraindication to acetaminophen or ibuprofen
- Parent and patient unlikely to follow up in the region (e.g., lives out of state)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Dell Children's Medical Center
Austin, Texas, United States, 78723
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
L
Lina Palomares, RN, LMSW
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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