Clinical Trial: Enhanced Telemedicine in Primary Care for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Study

U.S., Sept. 30 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07845526) titled 'Enhanced Telemedicine in Primary Care for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Study' on Sept. 22.

Brief Summary: Young children often receive antibiotics for pediatric acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) - common childhood diagnoses like ear infections, strep throat, sinusitis, and colds - but many of these antibiotics are prescribed unnecessarily for viral infections, where antibiotics will not help. Helping families and pediatricians to evaluate children with ARTIs through primary care telemedicine visits using at-home tele-otoscopes vs. at-home eBooks could help reduce unnecessary antibiotic exposure in children. In this c...