TO STUDY THE UTILITY OF HYPERTONIC SALINE NEBULIZER IN MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE BRONCHIOLITIS AND ITS SIDE EFFECTS.
Phase 2
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2010/091/000080
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Neeraj Dhawan
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Infants between the age group of two month to twelve months and admitted with clinical diagnosis of acute bronchiolitis.
Exclusion Criteria
1.patient with recurrent episodes of wheezing, one or more episodes of respiratory distress in past
2.patients with family history of asthma,atopy.
3.presence of congenital heart disease.
4. history of prematurity and mechanical ventilation in newborn period.
5.very sick patients with shock, seizures, heart rate>180/min,respiratory rate of >100/min and adjudged to be in incipient resp. faliure.
6.grade 3 and 4 PEM
7.consolidation lung on x-ray chest.
8.foreingn body aspiration.
9.no child will be included in the study twice.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method length of hospital stay.Timepoint:
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.improvement in RDAI score.<br>2. respiratory rate.<br>3.haemoglobin saturation.<br>4.heart rate.<br>5.number of add on treatment.<br>6.adverse events(tachycardia,pallor,tremor,nausea,vomiting)Timepoint: