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

Decrease mortality rate resulting from pneumonia

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Hypoalbuminemia; Anemia, Iron Deficiency; Stunted Growth
• Intervention / Treatment: Dietary supplement: Measurement of nutritional parameters in children with pneumonia

Detailed Description

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 (Anticipated): 30

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 1 month to 5 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

children admitted at Assiut university children hospital below five years with diagnosis of pneumonia on admission.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of pneumonia on day 1 of hospital admission.

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients with cardiac diseases
• patients with immune deficiency disorders

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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	Day 1 assessment on hospital admission

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Concentration of Albumin in patients with pneumonia in g/dl	blood samlpe will be taken for measuring Albumin level	Day 1 assessment on hospital admission
Hemoglobin level in patients with pnemonia in g/dl	blood samlpe will be taken for measuring hemoglobin level	Day 1 assessment on hospital admission

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Assiut University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): September 30, 2021
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): April 30, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): October 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 21, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 14, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): September 21, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 21, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 14, 2021
• Last Verified: September 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Pneumonia, nutrition, blood tests, body mass index
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Metabolic Diseases; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases; Hematologic Diseases; Blood Protein Disorders; Anemia, Hypochromic; Anemia; Iron Metabolism Disorders; Hypoproteinemia; Anemia, Iron-Deficiency; Pneumonia; Growth Disorders; Hypoalbuminemia
• Other Study ID Numbers: AOMSaid

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: No identifiable data will be available to others apart from me as data collector

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No