Status:
COMPLETED
Clinical Protocol Validation to Identify Prognostic Markers for Critical Care Pediatric Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Conditions:
Sepsis
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-17 years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to monitor the respiratory, metabolic and nutritional status of critically ill pediatric patients undergoing mechanical ventilation and to correlate the clinical and physi...
Detailed Description
Background: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a frequent cause of respiratory failure in the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU). Bedside respiratory and metabolic monitoring has reduced b...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- children aged 1 mo to 17yr undergoing mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit
Exclusion
- chronic inflammatory diseases
- exposure to steroids or other anti-inflammatory agents from anu cause during the month preceding hospitalization.
- malignancies of the immune system (leukemia, lymphoma)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
1000 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00792883
Start Date
October 1 2007
End Date
January 1 2012
Last Update
October 28 2015
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Instituto Fernandes Figueira
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22250-020