Detection and Characterization of Lower Respiratory Infections in Critically Ill Patients
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Severe Pneumonia. Basic parameters: from 16 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- South Korea
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
This study is a prospective observation study for lower respiratory tract infections in medical intensive care unit. Microbiologic and clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with severe pneumonia in medical intensive care unit will be monitored and analyzed.
Detailed description
All patients admitting medical ICU will be monitored for pneumonia. Both community-acquired (including health-care associated pneumonia) and hospital-acquired pneumonia will be included. Collecting data will include patient demographic characteristics, clinical features, microbiological characteristics including molecular work, and outcome.
Primary outcome measures
- Identification of etiology of pneumonia [Time frame: 7 day from the time of pneumonia diagnosis]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Pneumonia-related death [Time frame: 1 month]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patients admitting medical ICU with pneumonia
- Medical ICU admitted patients who is developed new pneumonia
Exclusion criteria
- Patients already treated more than 48 hours for pneumonia in transferring hospital and no causative organism is isolated
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
South Korea · 1 center
- Asan Medical Center — Seoul
Identifiers
NCT: NCT01068990 · AICUP