Evaluating the effectiveness of a fluid chart to improve oral fluid intake in suspected dengue patients: a feasibility study

niversity of Malaya0 个研究点目标入组 143 人开始时间: 2015年12月22日最近更新: 2023年1月30日

适应症

试验速览

•1. Patients who are suspected to have dengue fever from the history and examination findings by a primary healthcare clinician
•2. History of fever for three days or more
•3. Thrombocytopenia: Platelets equal to or less than 150 x 109/l. The platelet level of 150 x 109/L was chosen as the highest cut off point for thrombocytopenia because it is the lowest level of the normal range for platelets according to the University of Malaya Medical Centre’s clinical laboratories. During the early febrile illness, the platelets and total white blood cell count were found to be lower among patients with dengue compared with patients with other febrile illness.
•4. Age equal to or more than 12 years old. This was arbitrarily set to ensure that the patient concerned can understand instructions and fill in the fluid chart reliably and independently

•1. Any type of current or active malignancy
•2. Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or other serious underlying medical conditions conferring immunodeficiency. Immunodefiency states such as HIV or serious medical conditions were excluded from the study as febrile illnesses in these patients are usually due to complicated and multifactorial aetiologies.
•3. Patients who are not given a follow-up appointment to review the clinical progression and to repeat the full blood count test. This is to ensure that the patients enrolled in this study are similar to the target population, which are patients who are suspected to have dengue fever by a primary health care provider and are being followed up for outpatient monitoring
•4. Patients who are assessed on the first outpatient clinic visit and found to require hospital admission

发起方

niversity of Malaya