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Virtual skin checks may save patients from unnecessary hospital stays

NCT ID NCT03036358

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Ohio State University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looked at whether having a dermatologist review a patient's skin condition remotely (teledermatology) could help emergency room doctors correctly identify true cellulitis (a bacterial skin infection) versus pseudocellulitis (a condition that looks like cellulitis but isn't). The goal was to see if this approach could reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, shorten hospital stays, lower 30-day readmission rates, and cut down on antibiotic use. The study enrolled 30 adults with cellulitis-like symptoms in an academic emergency department.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

30 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2016

Finished

Jan 2018

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Over 18 * Present to the ED with cellulitis-like symptoms, including but not limited to the following: tenderness, redness, swelling, expansive lesion Exclusion Criteria: * pregnant * prisoner

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Conditions

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cellulitis Wells syndrome

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Cellulitis

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States

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