Antibiotic therapy under procalcitonin guidance in critically ill childre
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- All patients aged 1month to 12 years admitted in Paediatric intensive care unit in whom antibiotic therapy is initiated for a confirmed OR suspected infection
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2016/12/007604
- Lead Sponsor
- JIPMER Puducherry
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 68
Inclusion Criteria
All children admitted in Paediatric intensive care unit in whom antibiotic therapy is initiated for a confirmed OR suspected infection
Exclusion Criteria
1 Patients being treated with prophylactic antibiotics
2 Patients with immunodeficiency like HIV, malignancy, chemotherapy etc.
3 Patients with snake envenomation receiving antibiotics for suspected infection.
4 Patients with disease states warranting prolonged antibiotic therapy (Infective endocarditis, septic arthritis, tuberculosis etc.)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Duration (in days) of antibiotic therapyTimepoint: At the time of discharge from the hospital
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Duration of PICU stayTimepoint: At the time of discharge from PICU;Survival at dischargeTimepoint: At the time of discharge from hospital.