â??Relation between level of Zinc in blood and intensity of loose stool
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Diarrhoea
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2012/12/003236
- Lead Sponsor
- RM Medical College Meerut
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
Children aged between 6 months to 5 years with acute diarrhoea (less than 7 days duration) visiting to outpatient department (OPD) or emergency wards will be eligible for inclusion in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Severe malnutrition (Weight for length 3 SD of WHO standards)
2.Clinical evidence of coexisting acute systemic illnesses (meningitis, sepsis, pneumonia)
3. Clinical evidence of chronic disease (e.g. chronic liver disease, chronic renal disease, nephrotic syndrome)
4. Chronic gastrointestinal diseases like celiac disease or inflammatory bowel disease.
5. Dysentery or persistent diarrhoea.
6. Use of zinc in the previous 14 days
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method A.Correlation between serum zinc level and duration of diarrhoea <br/ ><br>B.Mean serum zinc levels in children presenting with varying degrees of dehydration. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 7 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method A.Prevalence of zinc deficiency (serum zinc 67mcg/dl) in children presenting with acute diarrhoea.Timepoint: 24 hours