COMPARISON OF THE EFFICACY OF THREE VERSUS MORE THAN THREE DOSES OF INTRAPLEURAL STREPTOKINASE IN CHILDREN SUFFERING WITH EMPYEMA
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: J86- Pyothorax
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/03/024287
- Lead Sponsor
- PGIMER Chandigarh
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Children less than 18 years age with empyema.
Empyema will be defined as â??presence of pus on a diagnostic pleural tap in children with clinical and/or radiological features consistent with pneumonia and parapneumonic pleural effusionâ??.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Prior chest tube drainage with use of intrapleural fibrinolytics or any surgical intervention
2.Contra-indications to fibrinolytic therapy viz
(a)Known Coagulopathy or Bleeding disorders or
(b)Confirmed Pneumothorax or bronchopleural fistula
(c)Head trauma during the preceding 2 weeks
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method