Clinical Audit on the Managment in Assiut University Children Hospital

NCT ID: NCT03281863

Last Updated: 2021-03-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 100 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-10-01
• Study Completion Date: 2020-03-24

Brief Summary

clinical audit on the Managment of rheumatic fever in assiut university children hospital.

Detailed Description

Acute rheumatic fever,an auto immune response to Group A streptococcus infection of the upper respiratory tract,may result in carditis.when the inflammation leads to permenant damage of the valves the individual has rheumatic heart disease.

Recurrences of rheumatic fever are likely in the absence of preventive measures and may cause further cardiac valve and muscle damage,leading to heart failure,stroke and premature death.bacterial endocarditis is also a complication.

Conditions

Rheumatic Fever

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

C reactive protein, anti streptolysin o antibody test ,erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Throat culture to detect the causative organism

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Other Intervention Names

Throat culture

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• patients with confirmed diagnosis of rheumatic fever based on laboratory investigations.

Exclusion Criteria

• No

• Minimum Eligible Age: 5 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 15 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Patricia reda hanna

Resident doctor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Egypt

Asyut, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

AssiutU71516

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id