cerebrospinal fluid cortisol level estimation in patients suffering from meningitis.
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/07/054705
- Lead Sponsor
- MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
ALL PATIENTS ABOVE 18 YEARS SHOWING CLINICAL FINDINGS SUGGESTIVE OF MENINGITIS BEFORE INITIATION OF STEROID THERAPY
Exclusion Criteria
1.PREGNANCY
2.HISTORY OF HEAD INJURY
3.PATIENT ON STEROID OR OTHER IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT
4.PARTIALLY TREATED MENINGITIS
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method TO ESTIMATE THE LEVEL OF CSF CORTISOL IN VARIOUS MENINGITISTimepoint: BASELINE, 4 WEEKS, 8 WEEKS
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method TO CORRELATE CSF CORTISOL LEVELS WITH OTHER CSF PARAMETERS.Timepoint: BASELINE, 4 WEEKS, 8 WEEKS