Status:
COMPLETED
Objective Sepsis Identification Tool to Study Sepsis Epidemiology
Lead Sponsor:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Conditions:
Sepsis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Globally, sepsis affects an estimated 31.5 million people and accounts for 5.3 million deaths each year. This calculation is based on data from western high income countries only. The purpose of this ...
Detailed Description
Globally, sepsis affects an estimated 31.5 million people and accounts for 5.3 million deaths each year. The incidence of sepsis is increasing and is now a more common cause for hospital admission tha...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- January 2018 to February 2018 adult inpatients at Prince of Wales Hospital
- 1st microbiological culture tests during hospital admission
Exclusion
- duplicated microbiological sampling
- missing values for sequential organ failure assessment score calculation
- microbiological tests were for screening only (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus swabs, vancomycin resistant Enterococci rectal swab)
- antibiotics not started 2 days before or after first microbiological sampling
- antibiotics duration less than 4 days unless death
- not given antibiotics on discharge if given less than 4 days antibiotics in hospital
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 10 2019
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 15 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
490 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04114214
Start Date
September 10 2019
End Date
October 15 2019
Last Update
May 6 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Prince of Wales Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong