Status:

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

The Validity of Urinary Titin and Skeletal Muscle Index as Predictor of Muscle Weakness in Critically Ill Patients. A Prospective Cohort Study

Lead Sponsor:

Zagazig University

Conditions:

Urinary Titin

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Although skeletal muscle atrophy is common in critically ill patients, biomarkers associated with muscle atrophy have not been identified reliably. Titin is a spring-like protein found in muscles and ...

Detailed Description

All patients will be subjected to the following: Informed consent will be obtained from patients. History taking including age, sex, comorbidities, current medications, ethnicity, reason for admissio...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Consent from relatives of first degree. Consecutive adult patients who will be expected to remain in ICU for \>5 days will be enrolled. Nonsurgical critically ill patients will be included because surgical insult reportedly increased urinary titin level (Tanihata et al., 2019). Age more than 18 years. Both male and female.

Exclusion

  • Surgery not including percutaneous abscess drainage. Patients with expected prehospital functional status of \<48 hours. Chest tube insertion, and tracheostomy in ICU. 8 Current pregnancy. Diagnosis of primary neuromuscular disease. Trauma at the measurement point.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2024

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

February 1 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

161 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06487728

Start Date

July 1 2024

End Date

February 1 2025

Last Update

July 5 2024

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Faculty of medicine, Zagazig university

Zagazig, Sharqia Province, Egypt