Efficacy of guidelines for the management of acute gastroenteritis in outpatient children: a field trial on primary care pediatricians
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Acute gastroenteritisInfection - Other infectious diseases
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12608000145303
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Naples Federico II Department of Pediatrics
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1500
Inclusion Criteria
Each pediatrician will enrol 10 children with acute onset diarrhea in the 12 months of the study (i.e., the first child seen each month until a total of 10 children are enrolled). Onset of diarrhea will be defined as the time of the first loose or liquid stool output. Acute diarrhea will be defined as > 3 loose or liquid stools per day. Dehydration will be estimated with a scoring system.
Exclusion Criteria
Assumptions of antibiotics or other drugs in the previous 2 weeks, signs of acute systemic illness, the onset of diarrhea more than 36 hours before enrolment and any chronic disease or immunosuppressive condition,
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Total duration of diarrhea (hours)[At 5, 7 and 15 days after the first visit]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in body weight between the first visit and the control visit;[At 5, 7 and 15 days after the first visit];Costs of active medical prescriptions and microbiological examinations, in addition to oral rehydration solutions and acetaminophen. Costs will be assessed on standard rates as follows: antibiotics or other drugs= 10 EUR; lactose-free formula = 10 EUR; protein hydrolysate formula= 20 EUR; microbiological examinations = 25 EUR. Total average costs will be calculated as the sum of the total costs for all medical prescriptions divided by the number of children in each group.[At 15 days]