Nutritional Parameters and Other Risk Factors Affecting Severity of Pneumonia in Children Under Five Years in Upper Egypt

Assiut University30 enrolled

Overview

Decrease mortality rate resulting from pneumonia

Recruiting patients with pneumonia admitted at Assiut University hospital . Then assessment of their condition and severity of pneumonia by examination and X-ray chest . After that, we aim at assessment their nutrition status and it's effect on severity of pneumonia. So we aim to investigate them by CBC, Albumin, CRP and CXR and correlate these parameters with the severity of pneumonia to assess the impact of nutrition on outcome of chest infections

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Hypoalbuminemia Stunted Growth Anemia, Iron Deficiency

Interventions

Measurement of nutritional parameters in children with pneumoniaDIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

measurement of Body Mass Index, head circumference, weight, length

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 1 MonthMax age: 60 Months

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of pneumonia on day 1 of hospital admission. Exclusion Criteria: * patients with cardiac diseases * patients with immune deficiency disorders

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

ratio of body mass index in patients with pneumonia

we calculate height of patients in metres and weight in Kg then we divide the weight over the height square to get the body mass index

Time frame: Day 1 assessment on hospital admission

Secondary Outcomes

Concentration of Albumin in patients with pneumonia in g/dl

blood samlpe will be taken for measuring Albumin level

Time frame: Day 1 assessment on hospital admission

Hemoglobin level in patients with pnemonia in g/dl

blood samlpe will be taken for measuring hemoglobin level

Time frame: Day 1 assessment on hospital admission

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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