Surveillance Study of Acute Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children

Acute gastroenteritis is a common cause of hospital admission and health office visits and have a huge burden on the economy of developing countries. The investigators proposed this observational prospective study during summer period in a community and tertiary care hospital in a rural area of Lebanon to investigate the etiologies and age distribution of admitted cases to general pediatric floor from the age of 1 month up to the age of 14 years.

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Key information

Conditions

Acute Gastroenteritis Abdominal Pain Body Temperature Changes Dehydration Diarrhea Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Fever Male Urogenital Diseases Metabolic Diseases Neurologic Manifestations Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Oliguria Pain Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms, Digestive Urination Disorders Urogenital Diseases Urologic Diseases Urological Manifestations Vomiting Water-Electrolyte Imbalance

Age range

1 month–13 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

acute gastroenteritis

Exclusion criteria

immunodeficiency
malnutrition

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

etiologies

Time frame: 1 year

to determine the microbial causes of acute gastroenteritis

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Shaikh Ragheb Harb Hospital

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Registry information

Official study title

Surveillance Study of Acute Gastroenteritis Etiologies in Hospitalized Children

Acronym: SAGE

Important dates

Study start: 2014
Primary completion: 2014
Study completion: 2014
First posted: Sep 19, 2014
Registry last updated: Apr 27, 2017

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