Regions: North Slave Region
Tags: health, health care, children's health
| Principal Investigator: | Hoechsmann, Alexander (2) |
| Licence Number: | 14460 |
| Organization: | Stanton Hospital, Emergency Department |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2009
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| Issued: | Jan 28, 2009 |
Objective(s): This study is designed to determine whether nebulized hypertonic saline is an effective treatment for bronchiolitis in the northern Canadian population.
Project Description: This licence was issued for the scientific research application No. 949. This study is designed to determine whether nebulized hypertonic saline is an effective treatment for bronchiolitis in the northern Canadian population. Infants presenting to Stanton Emergency will be randomly assigned standard treatment for bronchiolitis plus placebo (nebulized normal saline) or standard treatment plus nebulized hypertonic saline according to the protocols used in previous similar studies. The infant’s length of stay will be the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes will include: whether the child required NG tube feeding, use of antibiotics, any PICU admissions. Patients will be included if under 24 months and presenting to ER with moderately severe viral bronchiolitis. All clinical data will refer to the patients' individual hospital record number. At no time will there be identifying data other than where it is mixed with the other study participants to describe the data trends (i.e. age, gender, home community, etc). Patients’ names will not be a required part of the study. The results of the study will be released to all community health centers in the NWT and Kitikmeot region of Nunavut. The publicity from the study can provide an opportunity for better understanding of what bronchiolitis is and therefore further health promotion in the region. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted at Stanton Hospital from 28-Jan-2009 to 31-Dec-2009.
