NCT02245139

Surveillance Study of Acute Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children

Surveillance Study of Acute Gastroenteritis Etiologies in Hospitalized Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 198 (actual)
• Sponsor: Shaikh Ragheb Harb Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Month – 13 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Acute gastroenteritis is a common cause of hospital admission and health office visits and have a huge burden on the economy of developing countries. The investigators proposed this observational prospective study during summer period in a community and tertiary care hospital in a rural area of Lebanon to investigate the etiologies and age distribution of admitted cases to general pediatric floor from the age of 1 month up to the age of 14 years.

Conditions

• Acute Gastroenteritis
• Diarrhea
• Dehydration

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-07-01
• Primary completion: 2014-09-15
• Completion: 2014-12-15
• First posted: 2014-09-19
• Last updated: 2017-04-27