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Lung Ultrasound in Children With Severe Malaria

NCT04176029 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 124

Last updated 2022-06-22

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Summary

A prospective cohort study, with 171 children admitted for severe malaria that will be included in the cohort. The study will take place in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

The primary objective is to evaluate the prevalence of five pre-specified pulmonary diagnoses that can be facilitated by the use of LUS (normal lung or acidotic breathing, ARDS, concomitant pneumonia, hydrostatic pulmonary oedema, pleural effusion).

Conditions

  • Severe Malaria

Interventions

DEVICE

lung ultrasound

Lung ultrasound is performed using an 12-regions technique i.e. six areas on each side of the chest, two ventral, two lateral and two posterior. The lung ultrasound examination is estimated to take around 10 minutes of time.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Kinshasa

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Oxford

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Year
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-12-09
Primary Completion
2021-10-01
Completion
2021-10-30

Countries

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo

Study Locations

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