Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03281863
Clinical Audit on the Managment in Assiut University Children Hospital
Clinical Audit on the Managment of Rheumatic Fever in Assiut University Children Hospital
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 100 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Assiut University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 5 Years – 15 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
clinical audit on the Managment of rheumatic fever in assiut university children hospital.
Detailed description
Acute rheumatic fever,an auto immune response to Group A streptococcus infection of the upper respiratory tract,may result in carditis.when the inflammation leads to permenant damage of the valves the individual has rheumatic heart disease. Recurrences of rheumatic fever are likely in the absence of preventive measures and may cause further cardiac valve and muscle damage,leading to heart failure,stroke and premature death.bacterial endocarditis is also a complication.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIAGNOSTIC_TEST | C reactive protein, anti streptolysin o antibody test ,erythrocyte sedimentation rate | Throat culture to detect the causative organism |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2018-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2020-03-24
- Completion
- 2020-03-24
- First posted
- 2017-09-13
- Last updated
- 2021-03-26
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Egypt
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03281863. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.