Role of steroids in viral respiratory tract infections in childre
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- children age group from completed 1 month to 30 months with viral LRTIS (bronchiolitis,viral pneumonia)
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/02/007782
- Lead Sponsor
- axman hanmanthappa bidari
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
children aged from completed 1 to 30 months with clinically diagnosed acute viral LRTIS pneumonia or bronchiolitis admitted in PICU with moderate and severe respiratory distress and/or failure
Exclusion Criteria
1.suspected and/or diagnosed bacterial pneumonia
2.pneumonia with parapneumonic effusion
3.pulmonary oedema (cardiogenic and non cardiogenic)
4.systemic infection causing respiratory infection
5.cardiac disease
6. children who have received any systemic steroids for more than 24 hours prior to admission
chronic or recurrent lung diseases
debilitating neurological illnesses
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method length of hospital stayTimepoint: Admission to discharge
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method duration of wheeze <br/ ><br>duration of respiratory distress <br/ ><br>duration of oxygen therapy <br/ ><br>need of ventilationTimepoint: Admission to discharge