A Clinical Cohort Study of Pneumonia in Respiratory Intensive Care Unit

ConditionPneumonia
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorBeijing Chao Yang Hospital

About this trial

From 2003 when Severe Acute Respiratory Syndromes (SARS) appeared,many new types of respiratory viruses emerge in endlessly. Therefore, the epidemiology and the clinical character has changed quietly, especially severe pneumonia. This cohort study aim to obtain the contents of severe pneumonia patients in Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU). Through the clinical data analysis, the investigators could get the information of the pneumonia caused by different reasons, such as morbidity and mortality, risk factors, clinical symptoms and radiographic changes, the respiratory support parameter and so on. The investigators hope the result could guide them do the clinical work of severe pneumonia better in the future.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

admit in RICU because of pneumonia of any causes

anticipated length of hospital stay more than 72h

Disqualifiers

admit in RICU because of other causes except pneumonia

do not agree to join this study

admit in RICU for the second time

anticipated length of hospital stay less than 72h

Trial population

the patients of RICU

Trial design

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Other

Treatments tested in this trial

  • pneumonia

    Other intervention

Treatment groups

800 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: pneumonia in RICU1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

the mortality caused by any reasons in RICU

Time frame
one years
2

the morbidity caused by any reasons in RICU

Time frame
one years

Secondary outcomes

1

the symptoms description of pneumonia caused by any reasons in RICU

all the symptoms caused by pneumonia, such as fever, cough, dyspnea, sputum and so on. The investigators could get the incidence of each of these symptoms.

Time frame
the first 48hours after admitted in RICU
2

the respiratory support of pneumonia caused by any reasons in RICU

summarize the respiratory support parameters while the patients hospitalized in RICU. For example, the ventilation parameter and mode, Whether the mechanical ventilation complications occurred, and so on.

Time frame
the first 5 days after admitted in RICU
3

the treatment options of pneumonia caused by any reasons in RICU

the investigators obtain the treatment commons, such as the kind of antibiotics, the dosage of glucocorticoids, etc.

Time frame
3 weeks

Other outcomes

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