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Intravenous fluid for children with acute diarrhea

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Health Condition 1: null- Children 1 month to 12 years with severe dehydration due to acute diarrhea
Registration Number
CTRI/2015/01/005481
Lead Sponsor
The Director
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

Children aged 1 month to 12 years diagnosed severe dehydration due to acute diarrhea as per WHO criteria: Acute diarrhea will be defined as more or equal 3 loose or watery or liquid or semiliquid stools in 24 hours. Severe dehydration will be defined as presence of hypotension i.e mean arterial blood pressure less than 5th percentile for age, sex and height or any of the two out of four signs - lethargic or unconscious, sunken eyeballs, drinks poorly or not able to drink, skin pinch goes back very slowly more than 2 seconds)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Duration of diarrhea more than 7 days

2. Bloody diarrhea

3. Severe malnutrition as per WHO criteria (Symmetrical oedema, Weight-for-height: SD-score less than â??3 (less than70%) (Severe wasting)and or

Height-for-age: SD-score less than â??3 (less than 85%) (Severe stunting).

4. Known systemic disease (cardiac, endocrine, neurologic, chronic renal failure)

5. Lethal malformations

6. Children who have already received RL or NS during this episode.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
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