Fever advice for parents calling emergency services
Part of Infections clinical trials.
This trial tests whether giving parents clear written information and a text message after calling emergency services for a child with a simple fever helps them manage the fever at home and reduces unnecessary worry or visits.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Your child is between 3 months and 10 years old.
- Your child has a fever that started less than 72 hours ago and has no other symptoms.
- The fever is not very high (under 41°C) and your child is not showing serious signs like confusion, seizures, trouble breathing, rash, or dehydration.
- You are the parent or legal guardian and you have French health insurance or similar.
- You have not called emergency services for this child in the last 15 days.
- Your child does not have a history of urinary tract infections.
- You can receive text messages on your phone and understand French.
- During the call, the dispatcher did not tell you to go to a hospital or doctor.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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