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Prescription Antipyretics to Decrease Unscheduled Return Visits In A Pediatric Emergency Department

Description

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

Fever
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Fever

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Study Details

Study overview

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.

Prescription Antipyretics to Decrease Unscheduled Return Visits In A Pediatric Emergency Department

Prescription Antipyretics to Decrease Unscheduled Return Visits In A Pediatric Emergency Department

Condition
Fever
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Austin

Dell Children's Medical Center, Austin, Texas, United States, 78723

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

For general information about clinical research, read Learn About Studies.

Eligibility Criteria

  • * Children 6 to \< 36 months of age being discharged home from Dell Children's Medical Center emergency department who are evaluated for fever
  • * Caregiver fluent in English or Spanish
  • * 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 another contraindication to acetaminophen or ibuprofen
  • * Parent and patient unlikely to follow up in the region (i.e., lives out of state)

Ages Eligible for Study

6 Months to 36 Months

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Texas at Austin,

Matthew Wilkinson, MD, MPH, STUDY_DIRECTOR, The University of Texas at Austin

Study Record Dates

2026-03-15