Acute Gastroenteritis, Diarrhea, Rotavirus
Conditions
Keywords
Gastroenteritis, Hospitalized, Children
Brief summary
Acute gastroenteritis is a common cause of hospitalization in children with significant socioeconomic burden on the health community, we will follow in this observational and analytical study the admitted cases of acute gastroenteritis to the pediatric floor at the Sheikh Ragheb Harb Hospital over a period of summer time to determine the causes, etiologies and epidemiology of Age in a community hospital.
Detailed description
In this survey of hospitalized cases of acute gastroenteritis, children between two months and up to ten years old are included except for known cases of chronic diarrhea, malnutrition or immunodeficiency, data collected include clinical signs and symptoms, epidemiologic information and laboratory data during the hospital stay, also hospital treatment will be reviewed to determine the therapeutic options available in our country and its convenience with the disease and clinical conditions.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Shaikh Ragheb Harb Hospital
Study design
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
2 Months to 10 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* children with acute gastroenteritis admitted to the pediatric floor
Exclusion criteria
* chronic diarrhea or Immunodeficiency
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Age distribution | one year after completing data collection |
Countries
Lebanon
Contacts
Primary ContactHADI FAKIH, MD
Outcome results
None listed