Surveillance Study of Acute Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children

Completed

• Conditions: Acute Gastroenteritis; Dehydration; Diarrhea

• Registration Number: NCT02245139
• Lead Sponsor: Shaikh Ragheb Harb Hospital

Brief Summary

Acute gastroenteritis is a common cause of hospital admission and health office visits and have a huge burden on the economy of developing countries. The investigators proposed this observational prospective study during summer period in a community and tertiary care hospital in a rural area of Lebanon to investigate the etiologies and age distribution of admitted cases to general pediatric floor from the age of 1 month up to the age of 14 years.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-07-01
• Primary Completion: 2014-09-15
• Study First Submitted: 2014-09-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-09-18
• Study First Posted: 2014-09-19
• Study Completion: 2014-12-15
• Status Verified: 2017-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-04-26
• Last Update Posted: 2017-04-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 198

Inclusion Criteria

• acute gastroenteritis

Exclusion Criteria

• immunodeficiency
• malnutrition

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
etiologies	1 year	to determine the microbial causes of acute gastroenteritis