Clinical Audit on the Managment in Assiut University Children Hospital

Assiut University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rheumatic Fever

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: C reactive protein, anti streptolysin o antibody test ,erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03281863

AssiutU71516

Details and patient eligibility

About

clinical audit on the Managment of rheumatic fever in assiut university children hospital.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with confirmed diagnosis of rheumatic fever based on laboratory investigations.

Exclusion criteria

• No