Impact of Clinical Guidance & Point-of-care CRP in Children: the ARON Project

"Guidance will be part of a diagnostic algorithm which includes clinically guided point-of-care C-reactive protein testing and safety netting advice to inform parents on what to expect and what to look out for. A selection of clinical features will be assessed and recorded by the physician in the patient's health record and on the e-CRF, including the clinical decision tree (clinician's gut feeling, body temperature, dyspnea).~The safety-netting advice will be supported by a parent information booklet, based on previous research (the When should I worry-interactive booklet (a guide to Coughs, Colds, Earache \& Sore Throats), the Mijn kind heeft koorts booklet (Eefje de Bont, www.thuisarts.nl), and the Caring for children with coughs-leaflet (information about how to look after a child who has a cough and when to see the doctor))."