Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Setting
Completed
Conditions studied: Pneumonia, Respiratory Failure
In brief
The purpose of this observational study is to collect prospective data on the occurrence of bacterial and viral pneumonia in the ICU setting. Current classification systems for pneumonia promote over treatment with antibiotics as they do not specifically recognize the presence of culture-negative and viral pneumonia. The investigators will collect data to determine if a novel pneumonia classification system can be developed that more accurately links the etiology of pneumonia (antibiotic-susceptible bacterial pneumonia, antibiotic-resistant bacterial pneumonia, culture-negative pneumonia, viral pneumonia) to clinical outcomes. Additionally, the investigators will collect data on the practice of antimicrobial stewardship in the ICU setting to determine if further improvements in antibiotic practices can be accomplished in the future.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02685930
- Run by
- Washington University School of Medicine
- People needed
- 364
- Starts
- 2016-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-05-08
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- age 18+, admitted for 8300 or 8400 medical ICU between 1/2016 and 12/2016 for respiratory failure from pneumonia, requirement of > 24 hours of invasive mechanical ventilatory support for pneumonia
You may not qualify if…
- Immunocompromised as defined by HIV/AIDS, known immunodeficiency, chronic steroids > 20mg/day Prednisone equivalent, other home immunosuppressants, solid organ or bone marrow transplant patients, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, active malignancy, receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy within the past 3 months, hematologic malignancy
- Chronic ventilator dependence
Where it is running
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital — St Louis, Missouri, United States
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