Presepsin for sepsis diagnosis
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: A419- Sepsis, unspecified organism
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/10/016077
- Lead Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.All children aged 3 months to 18 years.
2.Clinical data to enable classification into sepsis or SIRS
3.Written informed consent by the legally authorized representative
Exclusion Criteria
No informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the diagnostic accuracy of presepsin in diagnosing sepsis in children and in discriminating systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) from sepsis.Timepoint: At admission and after 72 hours
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the prognostic accuracy of presepsin compared to currently available infection biomarkersTimepoint: Blood samples will be collected for estimation of presepsin, procalcitonin (PCT) and high sensitivity C reactive protein (hsCRP)at admission and after 72 hours