Lymphocyte Count as a Sign of Immunoparalysis and Its Correlation With Nutritional Status in Septic Pediatric Patients

University of Sao Paulo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lymphopenia

Treatments: Other: lymphocyte count

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02698683

2015-LCSINS

Details and patient eligibility

About

Participants were classified as normal or malnourished according to anthropometric measures. Serum albumin and zinc were recovered on the 1st and 7th days of hospitalization. Lymphocyte count was also recorded on the 1st and 7th days.

Full description

The investigators enrolled 14 consecutive patients with sepsis. Patients were classified as normal or malnourished according to anthropometric measures. As an additional evaluation of nutritional status, serum albumin and zinc were recovered on the 1st and 7th days of hospitalization. Lymphocyte count was also recorded on the 1st and 7th days. Investigators correlated nutritional status with lymphocyte count and zinc dosage.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 month to 14 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• septic patients

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

14 participants in 2 patient groups

malnourished

Description:

low zinc, low albumin, anthropometric measures lower than percentile 5 lymphocyte count

Treatment:

Other: lymphocyte count

well nourished

Description:

normal zinc, normal albumin, anthropometric measures higher than percentile 5 lymphocyte count

Treatment:

Other: lymphocyte count