Role of Probiotics as Adjunct Therapy Along With Standard Care in Decreasing Hospital Stay and Improving Symptoms in Pediatric Patients Admitted With Severe Pneumonia

After getting written informed consent from parents/attendants, all patients aged 6 month-2yrs admitted with severe pneumonia in pediatric wards of children hospital, during the study time of 6 month will be recruited.After applying exclusion criteria remaining participants will be included in the study. The study population will be randomized in to two groups, Group A will be given probiotic sachet and group B will be given simple milk as placebo.The patients and their parents/attendants will be kept blind to the fact that they are receiving either probiotic or placebo The probiotic and placebo mixture will be given daily for three days.The patients in both the groups will be followed for the duration of illness until they are either discharged or show any adverse outcomes of pneumonia.Total days of admission will be recoded for patients discharged from hospital.Parents will be asked questions regarding improvement in symptoms like fever on discharge. Duration for Improvement in tachypnea andcough will be noted for all patients. Outcomes will be duration of hospital admission, improvement in fever, tachypnea and cough.All the data collected will be entered and analyzed using SPSS latest version and analysed.