Pulse oximetry and integrated management of childhood illness for diagnosis of childhood pneumonia in primary health care units of rural Ethiopia: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
- Conditions
- RespiratoryPneumonia
- Registration Number
- PACTR201807164196402
- Lead Sponsor
- Centre for international health
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1440
Inclusion Criteria
Patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of pneumonia will be included in the study. Patients with a long history of cough wherein differential diagnosis is tuberculosis, will be excluded. However, patients suspected of having tuberculosis will be referred to the nearest hospital.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with chronic cough of more than two weeks duration will not be included in this study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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