SERUM PROCALCITONIN AS OUTCOME PREDICTORS IN DEEP NECK INFECTIONS
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- deep neck infection
- Registration Number
- TCTR20190306005
- Lead Sponsor
- Ratchadapiseksompotch Fund, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University.
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 33
Inclusion Criteria
(1) Clinical diagnosis of Deep neck infections, (2) age 18 and above, (3) admission to the facility
Exclusion Criteria
(1) any with other site of infection apart the deep neck spaces, (2) those with causes of known raising or lowering procalcitonin, which are, End-stage-renal-disease (GFR <15 mL/min/1.73 m 2 or dialysis), Recent (2 months) of trauma or surgical procedure, Thyroid malignancy, and history of organ failure
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method complication , reexploration and length of stay within 48 hours after treatment rising the level of procalcitonin
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method severity of deep neck infection Before start treatment level of pretreatment calcitonin