VITAMIN D LEVELS ONE YEAR TO FIVE YEAR CHILDREN WITH REPEATED LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: J09-J18- Influenza and pneumonia
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/02/017779
- Lead Sponsor
- Kasturba Medical College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Children aged one year-five years hospitalized with recurrent (two or more hospitalizations in one year15) lower respiratory tract infections in the Department of Paediatrics, KMC, Manipal.
Exclusion Criteria
1)Child who has received Vitamin D supplementation in the preceding 3 months.
2) Children with known causes for recurrent respiratory tract infections such as:
a) GERD
b) Bronchiectasis
c) Primary immunodeficiencies
d) Cystic fibrosis
e) CHD with left to right shunts (ASD >5mm)
f) Foreign body aspiration
g) Bronchial asthma
h) Congenital anomalies of airway
3) Patients not willing to participate in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Establish relationship between serum Vitamin D levels and recurrent lower respiratory tract infections.Timepoint: 1.5 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method -Duration of hospital stay <br/ ><br>-IV antibiotics duration <br/ ><br>-Frequency of recurrence of respiratory tract infections <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1.5 years