Community acquired pneumonia.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: This group received one vitamin C 1000 mg EFF tab daily and other medications for treating pneumonia for 10 days. Serum procalcitonin was measured and checked at th
Sponsors
Islamic Azad University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia by physician based on clinical symptoms, chest x-rey, patients's.history and lab test results Obtaining informed consent from the patients Patients older than 18 years old in both gender.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy or lactation Any hepatic or kidney failure Taking any chemothrapy medications and NSAIDs Taking antibiotics for other infectious disease at the same time
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Procalcitonin(PCT) is produced in c-cells of thyroid gland as a prohormone of calcitonin. PCT has emerged as promising marker for the diagnosis of infections, because higher level of pct is found in bacterial infections than in viral infections and non specific inflammatory disease. Serum is used for measure of level of procalcitonin. Timepoint: Serum level of procalcitonin was measured at the beginning and at the end of the study(after 10 days). Method of measurement: The serum pct level was measured by VIDAS Biomerieux and pct kit, prepared by ELFA. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactMahsa Nikzad
Islamic Azad University
Outcome results
None listed