Intravenous fluid for children with acute diarrhea
- 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
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)
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
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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