Management and Outcome of Fever in Children in Europe (MOFICHE)

Imperial College London

Status: Completed

Conditions: Antibiotic Prescription

Treatments: Other: antibiotic prescription

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05221437

REC ref: 16/LO/1684-S

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is an observational study assessing the management and outcome of children presenting to Emergency Departments (ED) with fever across Europe.

Full description

This is an observational study assessing the management and outcome of children presenting to Emergency Departments (ED) with fever across Europe. This study will use large departmental datasets to collect information on at least 50,000 febrile episodes . This study will use large-scale, pseudo-anonymized departmental data, and will not involve consented patient recruitment; nor will it use patient samples. Data included in MOFICHE will be based on that collected as part of routine clinical care. Antibiotic prescription, hospitalisation and number/type of investigations, re-attendance at ED within 5 days of the first hospital presentation will be recorded.

Enrollment: 38,480 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged 0- 18 years visiting the emergency care.
• fever measured at ED or history of (measured) fever less than 3 consecutive days prior to presentation at emergency department

Exclusion criteria