An Audit on Management of Chronic Diarrhea

NCT ID: NCT03269305

Last Updated: 2020-12-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-09-01

Study Completion Date

2018-09-01

Brief Summary

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The study is to assess whether the staff in gastroenterology unit are sticking to the agreed up on unit's protocol in management of chronic diarrhea over the period of one year(september 2017-september 2018)

Detailed Description

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chronic diarrhea is defined as having loose or watery stools more than three times aday.Awakening at night to pass stools us often sign of an organic cause of diarrhea.In some cases chronic diarrhea is the result of intestinal infection that persists longer than expected. In other cases chronic diarrhea is apart of a systemic illness.

Etiology:

1. post enteritis diarrhea syndrome in whic small intestinal mucosal damage persists after acute gastroenteritis.Also secondary disaccharidase deficiency and reinfection may be a cause.
2. infectious causes:enteric infection is an important cause.Associated conditions may be T.B or impaired immunity as in malnutrition potentiating the likely-hood of prolonging or acquiring another infection.Viral infection like Rota virus,parasites as E.coli,Giardia lamblia as well as amebiasis have been implicated in chronic diarrhea.
3. Cytomegalovirus on the other hand may act as an opportunistic agent in immuno compromised patients.
4. Non infectious causes include cow's milk allergy,lactose intolerance and inflammatory bowel disease,all of which may cause chronic diarrhea that is often associated with abdominal pain with or without elevated levels of inflammatory markers.
5. Malabsorption syndrome e.g Celiac disease,cystic fibrosis where the stools are usually fatty in nature and bulky in amount.

Good management of chronic diarrhea must include investigations and treatment.A protocol must be followed accurately therefore.

Methodology:

measurment of the degree of sticking of staff in Gastro-enterology unit to the agreed upon unit's protocol in management of chronic diarrhea over the period of one year (September 2017-September 2018).

Conditions

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Chronic Diarrhea

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* age group from 2 months to 18 years
* cases with diarrhea lasts 2 weeks or more
* Genetically free

Exclusion Criteria

* age group from 0-2 months
* age group above 18 years
* cases with diarrhea less than 2 weeks
* Gentic disease
Minimum Eligible Age

2 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Gehad Adel Mohammed

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Gehad Adel Mohammed

principal investigator

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Faisal Alkhateeb, Phd

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Assiut University

Locations

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Gehad

Asyut, , Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Egypt

Other Identifiers

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AssiutU71515

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id