Status:
UNKNOWN
Evaluation of Serum Interleukin 6 and 8 in Children With Acute Gastroenteritis
Lead Sponsor:
Sohag University
Conditions:
Acute Gastroenteritis
Acute Diarrhea
Eligibility:
All Genders
6-5 years
Brief Summary
Cytokines, such as IL-6 and IL-8 can be used as markers of acute infections, including acute gastroenteritis. This study aims to evaluate serum levels of interleukins 6 and 8 in children with acute ga...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Group 1: Cases (Children with acute diarrhea)
- Children aged 6 months to 5 years.
- Acute diarrhea: defined according to WHO criteria as the "passage of loose or watery stools at least three times in a 24 h period", lasts less than 14 days, with or without fever or vomiting, but considering the importance of change in stool consistency rather than frequency, and the usefulness of parental insight in deciding whether children have diarrhea or not.
Exclusion
- Malnutrition or obesity
- History of antibiotic therapy in the last 72 hours.
- Acute diarrhea in association with systemic infections
- Malignancy
- Chronic diarrhea
- Autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases.
- Chronic renal/liver failure
- Diabetes mellitus
- Group 2: Controls (Healthy control children)
- Inclusion Criteria:
- • Healthy children aged 6 months to 5 years.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 15 2021
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 15 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05213325
Start Date
December 15 2021
End Date
December 15 2022
Last Update
January 28 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Sohag University Hospital
Sohag, Egypt