Nutrition Disorders, Surgery
Conditions
Brief summary
1. Pre operative anthropometric assessment including : weight in kg, height/length and BMI 2. Pre operative Zinc supplementation (dose according to the age) for 7 days preoperatively for cases 3. Postoperative data collection
Detailed description
Postoperative data collection : * Length of hospital stay * Complication and sorting of them * Lab withdrawal of inflammatory markers on 2-3 day postoperatively
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTZinc
Zinc Supplementation
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Months to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. All children patients with Hirschsprung disease admitted for surgical intervention with different ( age , sex ) 2. Type of surgery : transanal pull through 3. Whose parents or caregivers approve for the participation in the study
Exclusion criteria
1. Patients with emergency situations 2. Whose parents or caregivers will not apply for the participation in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The effect of preoerative Zinc supplementation on the hospital length stay in children operated for Hirschsprung's disease | zinc supplemenation for one week | Children oprated for elective surgery for Hirschsprung's disease will be supplemented with zinc seven days before surgery and postoperative data as the duration of hospital length stay in hours will be meausred in both the cases and control groups and comapred. |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed