An observational study in Rheumatic Fever, sponsored by Assiut University. Completed at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 5 Years to 15 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-03-26.
Sponsored by Assiut University · Observational
clinical audit on the Managment of rheumatic fever in assiut university children hospital.
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.
55 studies on the registry are indexed under Rheumatic Fever; 21 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 100 is below the median of 300 across 26 observational studies indexed under Rheumatic Fever.
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Clinical audit on the managment of rheumatic fever in assiut university children hospital
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Exclusion Criteria:
Throat culture to detect the causative organism
Also known as: Throat culture
laboratory investigations (ASOt , ESR . CRP)
laboratory investigations that measure the inflammation process will be used and the target that the ASOt not increase 1/400
Time frame: One year from October 2017 to september 2018
clinical measures
improvement of arthritis if found
Time frame: One year from October 2017 to september 2018
Plan to share: No
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Ran from Oct 2018 to primary completion in Mar 2020, 17 months.
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