U.S., June 6 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07629154) titled 'Smart Discharges for Older Children' on June 01.
Brief Summary: This study is an observational multi-country cohort study that aims to build algorithms that can identify children between 5 and 16 years of age admitted for proven or suspected sepsis who are at risk of mortality after they are discharged in East Africa.
In low- and middle-income countries, about 5% of children discharged after hospitalization for sepsis will die in the weeks after returning home. Doctors and parents are often unaware of this period of vulnerability and are poorly equipped to identify or handle this critical situation. This project builds on past work ...