Nutritional Parameters and Other Risk Factors Affecting Severity of Pneumonia in Children Under Five Years in Upper Egypt

NCT ID: NCT05050851

Last Updated: 2021-09-21

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-09-30

Study Completion Date

2022-10-30

Brief Summary

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Decrease mortality rate resulting from pneumonia

Detailed Description

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Recruiting patients with pneumonia admitted at Assiut University hospital . Then assessment of their condition and severity of pneumonia by examination and X-ray chest . After that, we aim at assessment their nutrition status and it's effect on severity of pneumonia. So we aim to investigate them by CBC, Albumin, CRP and CXR and correlate these parameters with the severity of pneumonia to assess the impact of nutrition on outcome of chest infections

Conditions

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Hypoalbuminemia Stunted Growth Anemia, Iron Deficiency

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Measurement of nutritional parameters in children with pneumonia

measurement of Body Mass Index, head circumference, weight, length

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of pneumonia on day 1 of hospital admission.

Exclusion Criteria

* patients with cardiac diseases
* patients with immune deficiency disorders
Minimum Eligible Age

1 Month

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Asmaa Omar Mahmoud Said

Resident at Assiut University children hospital

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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AOMSaid

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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