Prescription Antipyretics to Decrease Unscheduled Return Visits In A Pediatric Emergency Department
University of Texas at Austin
440 participants
Dec 15, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
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.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria2
- 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
Exclusion Criteria9
- 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)
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Interventions
The intervention group (n=220) will receive prescription with weight-based dosing for acetaminophen (also prescribed and known as Tylenol) and ibuprofen (also prescribed and known as Motrin).
The control group (n=220) will also receive standardized printed discharge instructions but no prescription. The discharge instructions include the appropriate dose of acetaminophen (also known as Tylenol) and ibuprofen (also known as Motrin).
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NCT07074912