PROCALCITONIN AND D-DIMER LEVELS: MARKERS FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS IN CHILDREN WITH URINARY TRACT INFECTIO
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: N39- Other disorders of urinary system
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/05/067307
- Lead Sponsor
- Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College KLE University Belagavi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Children from one to eighteen years of age with symptoms of urinary tract infection
2. Positive urine routine as defined as more than or equal to 8 pus cell per cubic millimeter in clean catch, midstream urine.
Exclusion Criteria
Prior treatment with antibiotics
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To study that procalcitonin and d-dimer levels are elevated in children having acute pyelonephritis in comparison with children having cystitisTimepoint: This study will be conducted over a span of one year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine the accuracy of procalcitonin & d dimer by correlating its raised levels with urine routine positivityTimepoint: This study will be conducted over a span of one year;To evaluate the ability of serum procalcitonin & d dimer to predict pyelonephritic changes as assessed by USG KUBTimepoint: This study will be conducted over a span of one year