ROLE OF ZINC IN TREATMENT OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS IN CHILDRE

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: J189- Pneumonia, unspecified organism

• Registration Number: CTRI/2022/09/046070
• Lead Sponsor: Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences Ballari Karnataka

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2023-09-20
• Last Update Posted: 22 January 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 94

Inclusion Criteria

All children aged 2 months to 2 years diagnosed as having acute severe pneumonia and hospitalized will be included in the study after obtaining written informed consent from either of the parents.

Acute Severe Pneumonia is defined in the study as a respiratory rate of 50/min, accompanied with crepitations on auscultation and the presence of any one of the following danger signs: lethargy, inability to feed, chest indrawing, or central cyanosis.

Exclusion Criteria

Children will be excluded if they had a history of chronic cardiac or renal disease, illness severe enough to require ventilation, malnutrition severe enough to require immediate nutritional rehabilitation therapy, illness requiring hospitalization in the previous 21 days, or current zinc supplementation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified