A clinical trial to study the effect of nebulized hypertonic saline as compared to normal saline in infants and children with bronchiolitis
Phase 3
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Bronchiolitis in infants and children
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2010/091/003065
- Lead Sponsor
- Thesis fund of Lady Hardinge Medical College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
Consecutive patients of moderate to severe bronchiolitis, aged two months to two years, of either sex, admitted to the hospital during the study period.
Exclusion Criteria
a)Gestational age at birth<34 weeks or requiring ventilation in newborn period.
b)Underlying chronic cardiac or pulmonary or renal disease
c)Wheezing episodes in the past.
d)Very sick children with saturation<85% in room air, heart rate>200/min, respiratory rate>100/mm, obtunded consciousness, and or progressive respiratory failure requiring ventilation.
e)Prior home bronchodilator or antibiotic use
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method