The goal of this clinical trial is to study the impact of sodium supplementation on hospital outcomes of children with pneumonia. It aims to answer: * Does sodium supplementation lower the length of hospital stay in children with pneumonia? * Does potassium supplementation lower the length of hospital stay in children with pneumonia? Researchers will compare the intervention arm to the control arm to see if the intervention lowers the length of hospital stay. Participants will: • Take one sachet of oral rehydration solution (ORS) every day for 3 days.
The study is a randomized clinical trial that will be conducted on hospitalized children with pneumonia after considering exclusion criteria. The enrolled children will be randomly divided into two groups: the intervention group and the control group. The intervention group will receive the ORS daily for 3 days. All children will be followed until discharge from the hospital, and their clinical outcomes will be assessed.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
140
one sachet every day for 3 days
Mataria Teaching Hospital
Cairo, Egypt
The difference in hospital length of stay between hospitalized children with pneumonia who received oral rehydration solution and those who did not receive it
Evaluation of effect of oral rehydration solution supplementation by assessing the length of hospital stay
Time frame: Children will be followed until discharge from the hospital, an average of one week.
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