Hypertonic Saline Inhalation in Acute Bronchiolitis

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2021-09-20
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Acute bronchiolitis is a viral infection that occurs in children most commonly in the first 2 years of life and is characterized by respiratory symptoms, resulting in wheezing and/or crackles upon auscultation. It is usually a self limiting illness. However, this condition may be associated with several severe complications, such as apnea,respiratory failure, or secondary bacterial infection

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University
• Treatments: Albuterol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• infants less than 24 months of age with adiagnosis of acute bronchiolitis

Exclusion Criteria:

• other infants and children above 24 months of age

• patients with other diseases than acute bronchiolitis