Detection and Characterization of Lower Respiratory Infections in Critically Ill Patients
ConditionSevere Pneumonia
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age16+
SponsorAsan Medical Center
About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients admitting medical ICU with pneumonia
Medical ICU admitted patients who is developed new pneumonia
Disqualifiers
Patients already treated more than 48 hours for pneumonia in transferring hospital and no causative organism is isolated
Trial population
Patients admitting or admitted in medical ICU with pneumonia
Trial design
Design model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
No trial groups listed
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Identification of etiology of pneumonia
Time frame
7 day from the time of pneumonia diagnosisSecondary outcomes
1
Pneumonia-related death
Time frame
1 monthSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov