Active clinical trials for "Gastroenteritis"

This study aims to monitor the incidence rates and duration of hospitalisations for rotavirus gastroenteritis (RV GE) and all cause GE, compared to bronchiolitis from 1998 to 2009, in children < 5 years of age after the introduction of Rotarix in 2006 by year, both inside and outside rotavirus season in Australia. It further aims to compare the two dose regimen of Rotarix with the three dose regimen of RotaTeq from 2007 to 2009.

Validation of Vital Signs and Symptoms for the Diagnosis of Serious Infections in Acutely Ill Children in a High Prevalent Setting: The Paediatric Accidents & Emergencies through prospective observational data collection concerning specific items from the clinical and technical examination in diagnosing serious infections, such as meningitis, sepsis, pneumonia, pyelonephritis, bronchiolitis with hypoxia. Eventually we will attempt to validate a vital signs and symptoms rule derived from multiple low to high prevalent settings of acutely ill children.

The purpose of this study is to measure the disease burden from RV GE among children less than 5 years of age using hospital surveillance data. In addition, data collected will determine the seasonal distribution, disease severity, age distribution of RV GE. From an economic standpoint, the cost and impact of RV will also be assessed.

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.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the epidemiology and baseline disease burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children < 6 years of age, in Japan.

The xTAG Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel (xTAG GPP) is a PCR-based assay to detect the presence or absence of gastrointestinal (GI) pathogens from human stool specimens. The objective of this study is to establish diagnostic accuracy of the xTAG GPP.

This study aims at collecting data to obtain baseline incidence and monitor trends over time in hospitalizations and deaths from all cause gastroenteritis in children <5 years of age, before and after implementation of Rotarix™ universal mass vaccination in Brazil.

The purpose of this hospital based study is to estimate the proportion of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children < 5 years of age in Romania.

Isolation of contagious patients is expensive, requires more caregiver time, most of the patients perceive isolation as a mental strain and it has been shown that the level of care and observation is lower than in a normal ward. But isolation of contagious patients is necessary to protect other patients, hospital staff and relatives to prevent spreading of infection and, in worst case out-break. There are different isolation regimes available depending on causative agent and mode of transmission. A community-acquired acute gastroenteritis (GE) is most often caused by Norovirus while a hospital-acquired acute GE is often caused by toxin producing Clostridium difficile. Patients infected with Norovirus or Clostridium difficile have to be isolated in single rooms with strict contact precautions. Patients infected with acute GE caused by other pathogens can be isolated in a multi-bed room if there is a private toilet. However, at the time of arrival to hospital it is not known if the patient is contagious. The indication of isolation has to be made based of a clinical evaluation in risk of isolating to few or too many patients. Aim of the study: To identify anamnestic, clinical and paraclinical variables that can be used as indicators of the aetiology of infectious GE, thus giving an indication for isolation. To clinically evaluate a combined RNA (Norovirus) and DNA (Clostridium difficile) fast PCR analysis test to identify infectious GE compared to gold standard methods.

This study aims at collecting data from secondary sources to obtain baseline incidence and monitor trends over time (1990 - 2010) of reported gastroenteritis cases, gastroenteritis related hospital discharges and gastroenteritis related deaths in children < 5 years of age in Panama before and after implementation of Rotarix™ universal mass vaccination.