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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Routine Care | Placebo Comparator | 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. |
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| Teledermatology INtervention | Experimental | 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. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| teledermatology consult | Other | teledermatology consult |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Length of Hospitalization | 60 Days |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Readmission rate | 30 Days | |
| Frequency/Use of antibiotics | 30 days |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Benjamin H Kaffenberger, MD | OSU Dermatology | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center | Columbus | Ohio | 43210 | United States |
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Routine Care vs The use of teledermatology
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| Routine Care |
| Other |
The patient will undergo imaging but this report will not be put into the chart. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D002481 | Cellulitis |
| ID | Term |
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| D012874 | Skin Diseases, Infectious |
| D007239 | Infections |
| D013492 | Suppuration |
| D003240 | Connective Tissue Diseases |
| D017437 | Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |
| D007249 | Inflammation |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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