Active clinical trials for "Critical Illness"

The Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in an overwhelming number of intensive care (ICU) patient admissions, generally for acute respiratory distress, often resulting in persistent critical illness (PCI). Little is known about their metabolic and nutritional characteristics compared to other non-COVID (non-CO) categories of patients. The aim is to compare the metabolic characteristics and gastro-intestinal function of the previously admitted non-CO and COVID persistent critically ill patients, and the adherence to the ICU nutrition protocol. Prospective observation study including two consecutive cohorts of PCI, defined by a prolonged mechanical ventilation requirement longer than 10days.

For several years, open abdomen with temporary abdominal closure using Negative Pressure Therapy (OA/NPT) has become one of the leading strategies to treat or prevent intra-abdominal hypertension in critically ill surgical patients after a wide range of complex abdominal injuries and conditions. According to current practice, piperacillin-tazobactam (PTZ) is widely used as part of empirical combined antibiotic therapy to treat severe abdominal infections in the critically ill patients. On the other hand, little is known about the impact of OA/NPT on antibiotics pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) and the optimal dosing regimens in this population remain unclear. As PTZ is a small hydrophilic molecule with a very low level of protein binding, invesitigators hypothesized that OA/NPT should lead to significant changes in volume of distribution (Vd) and/or drug clearance (CL The main objective of this study was to assess the incidence of underdosing and the pharmacokinetics of piperacillin in critically ill patients with OA/NPT. The secondary objective was to assess the appropriateness of recommended regimens for empirical minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) coverage.

Severe COVID-19 patients at a high risk of venous thromboembolism. We studied patients in 2 intensive care units of university hospitals in Barcelona and Badalona, Spain. We performed a cut-off screening of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) with bilateral duplex ultrasound to 230 patients.

Since December 2019, a new agent, the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus has been rapidly spreading from China to other countries causing an international outbreak of respiratory illnesses named COVID-19. In France, the first cases have been reported at the end of January with more than 60000 cases reported since then. A significant proportion (20-30%) of hospitalized COVID-19 patients will be admitted to intensive care unit. However, few data are available for this special population in France. We conduct a large observational cohort of ICU suspected or proven COVID-19 patients that will enable to describe the initial management of COVID 19 patients admitted to ICU and to identify factors correlated to clinical outcome.

Weaning ventilator support in critically ill patients is crucial. Both delayed extubation and unexpected early reintubation are harmful to the patients. Weaning parameters and spontaneous breathing trial are used to investigate the indication and predict the successful extubation. Hemodynamic stability and physical reserve are important indicators as well. Microcirculation parameters are known to be more sensitive to the change of hemodynamic status than macrocirculation parameters. We hypothesize that the change of sublingual microcirculation before and after spontaneous breathing trial is different between the the patients with successful extubation and the patients with failed extubation. Thus, this study measures sublingual microcirculation in patients receiving spontaneous breathing trial and record the extubation status (successful or failed). The microcirculation parameters before and after spontaneous breathing trial are compared between the the patients with successful extubation and the patients with failed extubation.

Clinical Impact on Point-of-Care Multiplex PCR Testing for Critically Ill Adult Patients With Community-acquired Pneumonia - A cluster randomization study in ICU units within one medical center.

The SIM City study seeks to explore for the variance in practice that is associated with nursing and medical care of patients with brain pressure (ICP) monitors. The underlying hypothesis is that there is not a consistent pattern of care throughout the U.S., rather, there is a wide range of practice patterns that are used to monitor and treat ICP.

The purpose of this study is to determine: Condition of intensive care unit (ICU) admission in patients with haematological malignancies. ICU hospital and up to one year mortality. Assessment of post ICU burden and health related quality at 90-d and 1 year.

The purpose of this study is to determine the incidence of anemia and blood transfusions and management of these in critically ill children

This is a multi-centre randomised controlled trial comparing early jejunal feeding (using a frictional nasojejunal [NJ] tube) and standard feeding in critical illness.