NCT02698683

Lymphocyte Count as a Sign of Immunoparalysis and Its Correlation With Nutritional Status in Septic Pediatric Patients

Lymphocyte Count as a Sign of Immunoparalysis and Its Correlation With Nutritional Status in Septic Pediatric Intensive Care Patients: A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 14 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Month – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Participants were classified as normal or malnourished according to anthropometric measures. Serum albumin and zinc were recovered on the 1st and 7th days of hospitalization. Lymphocyte count was also recorded on the 1st and 7th days.

Detailed description

The investigators enrolled 14 consecutive patients with sepsis. Patients were classified as normal or malnourished according to anthropometric measures. As an additional evaluation of nutritional status, serum albumin and zinc were recovered on the 1st and 7th days of hospitalization. Lymphocyte count was also recorded on the 1st and 7th days. Investigators correlated nutritional status with lymphocyte count and zinc dosage.

Conditions

• Lymphopenia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	lymphocyte count	lymphocyte count

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-02-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2016-03-04
• Last updated: 2016-03-04