Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
40 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2016-11-30
2017-09-30
Brief Summary
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Many smartphone apps have been suggested over the last years with some of them designed to calculate medication dosage for children. The impact of these apps to decrease dosage error has never been evaluated in resuscitation setting.
The aim of the study is to evaluate whether the use of a smartphone application designed to calculate medication doses decreases prescribing errors among residents during pediatric simulated resuscitations.
This will be a crossover-randomized trial using high fidelity simulation among 40 residents rotating in the pediatric emergency department.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
CROSSOVER
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Smartphone
Smartphone application
Smartphone apps
If already own a smartphone application dedicated to calculate medication dosage for children, the participant will be allowed to use his/her own application. Otherwise, the resident will be offered to chose among a list of applications paid by the research team (PediSafe, PediStat, Palm Pedi, Safedose, EZdrip peds). He/she will be instructed to practice with a few time at home before doing the simulations.
Handbook
Resuscitation handbook who provides drug dosages for each weight for children. For example, at the page of 15 kg, it is written that the dosage of epinephrin is 1.5 cc of 1: 10 000.
Handbook
Resuscitation handbook who provides drug dosages for each weight for children. For example, at the page of 15 kg, it is written that the dosage of epinephrin is 1.5 cc of 1: 10 000.
Interventions
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Smartphone apps
If already own a smartphone application dedicated to calculate medication dosage for children, the participant will be allowed to use his/her own application. Otherwise, the resident will be offered to chose among a list of applications paid by the research team (PediSafe, PediStat, Palm Pedi, Safedose, EZdrip peds). He/she will be instructed to practice with a few time at home before doing the simulations.
Handbook
Resuscitation handbook who provides drug dosages for each weight for children. For example, at the page of 15 kg, it is written that the dosage of epinephrin is 1.5 cc of 1: 10 000.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Completing a rotation in pediatric emergency
Exclusion Criteria
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Canadian Medical Protective Association
OTHER
St. Justine's Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Jocelyn Gravel
Principal investigator
Locations
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CHU Sainte-Justine
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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SMARTER1
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id