PCT guided antibiotic stoppage in children with sepsis
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- SepsisHealth Condition 2: A419- Sepsis, unspecified organism
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/05/008509
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 560
Inclusion Criteria
1. Children 2 month to 17 years admitted to the ICU and already receiving antibiotics for suspected or proven sepsis -defined as systemic inflammatory response syndrome or SIRS due to infection, and
2. children who are started on antibiotics in the ICU for suspected or proven sepsis
Exclusion Criteria
1. Children receiving antibiotics more than 24 hours before presentation,
2. Those with severe immunosuppression (CD4 count of less than 200 cells/mm3 neutropenic patients ( <500 neutrophils/ml)) other than corticosteroid use,
3. Estimated length of stay less than 24 hrs, 4. Underlying co-morbidities with possible imminent death,
5. Severely malnourished children and
6. Children whose parents refuse to give an informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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