An Audit on Management of Chronic Diarrhea

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Diarrhea

• Registration Number: NCT03269305
• Lead Sponsor: Gehad Adel Mohammed

Brief Summary

The study is to assess whether the staff in gastroenterology unit are sticking to the agreed up on unit's protocol in management of chronic diarrhea over the period of one year(september 2017-september 2018)

Detailed Description

chronic diarrhea is defined as having loose or watery stools more than three times aday.Awakening at night to pass stools us often sign of an organic cause of diarrhea.In some cases chronic diarrhea is the result of intestinal infection that persists longer than expected. In other cases chronic diarrhea is apart of a systemic illness.

Etiology:

1. post enteritis diarrhea syndrome in whic small intestinal mucosal damage persists after acute gastroenteritis.Also secondary disaccharidase deficiency and reinfection may be a cause.

2. infectious causes:enteric infection is an important cause.Associated conditions may be T.B or impaired immunity as in malnutrition potentiating the likely-hood of prolonging or acquiring another infection.Viral infection like Rota virus,parasites as E.coli,Giardia lamblia as well as amebiasis have been implicated in chronic diarrhea.

3. Cytomegalovirus on the other hand may act as an opportunistic agent in immuno compromised patients.

4. Non infectious causes include cow's milk allergy,lactose intolerance and inflammatory bowel disease,all of which may cause chronic diarrhea that is often associated with abdominal pain with or without elevated levels of inflammatory markers.

5. Malabsorption syndrome e.g Celiac disease,cystic fibrosis where the stools are usually fatty in nature and bulky in amount.

Good management of chronic diarrhea must include investigations and treatment.A protocol must be followed accurately therefore.

Methodology:

measurment of the degree of sticking of staff in Gastro-enterology unit to the agreed upon unit's protocol in management of chronic diarrhea over the period of one year (September 2017-September 2018).

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-08-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-08-30
• Study First Posted: 2017-08-31
• Study Start: 2017-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-09-01
• Study Completion: 2018-09-01
• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-12-04
• Last Update Posted: 2020-12-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• age group from 2 months to 18 years
• cases with diarrhea lasts 2 weeks or more
• Genetically free

Exclusion Criteria

• age group from 0-2 months
• age group above 18 years
• cases with diarrhea less than 2 weeks
• Gentic disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
proper management of chronic diarrhea	september 2017-september 2018	start accurate treatment of chronic diarrhea by reaching a definitive cause of each case .; decrease the incidence of undiagnosed cases of chronic diarrhea

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Gehad; 🇪🇬 Assiut, Egypt