The Effect of Dermatology and Teledermatology Consultations on Length of Hospital Admission, 30 Day Readmission Rate, and Antibiotic Use in Patients Presenting With Cellulitis vs Pseudocellulitis in an Academic Inpatient Setting

The Ohio State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cellulitis

Treatments: Other: Routine Care; Other: teledermatology consult

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03034694

2015H0393

Details and patient eligibility

About

The effect of teledermatology on length of hospital admission, length of stay, 30 day readmission rate, and antibiotic use in patients presenting with cellulitis vs pseudocellulitis in an academic emergency department setting.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Over 18
• Admission for cellulitis-like symptoms, including but not limited to the following: tenderness, redness, swelling, expansive lesion

Exclusion criteria

• pregnant
• prisoner

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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45 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Routine Care

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The first group will be randomized to routine care of receiving or not receiving a dermatology consult in the hospitalized setting based on the clinical decision of the hospitalist. The patients will see the research coordinator who will take images and for a teledermatology assessment, however, these assessments will not be placed in the chart and the treating hospitalist will not know.

Treatment:

Other: Routine Care

Teledermatology INtervention

Experimental group

Description:

The second arm will be patient randomized to teledermatology intervention. These patients will be imaged by the research coordinator, then the assessment will be placed in the chart for the hospitalist to see although final treatment decisions are still made by the hospitalist.

Treatment:

Other: teledermatology consult