A Clinical Cohort Study of Pneumonia in Respiratory Intensive Care Unit

Capital Medical University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Pneumonia

Treatments: Other: pneumonia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02738645

Pneumonia RICU

Details and patient eligibility

About

From 2003 when Severe Acute Respiratory Syndromes (SARS) appeared，many new types of respiratory viruses emerge in endlessly. Therefore, the epidemiology and the clinical character has changed quietly, especially severe pneumonia. This cohort study aim to obtain the contents of severe pneumonia patients in Respiratory Intensive Care Unit (RICU). Through the clinical data analysis, the investigators could get the information of the pneumonia caused by different reasons, such as morbidity and mortality, risk factors, clinical symptoms and radiographic changes, the respiratory support parameter and so on. The investigators hope the result could guide them do the clinical work of severe pneumonia better in the future.

Enrollment: 800 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• admit in RICU because of pneumonia of any causes
• anticipated length of hospital stay more than 72h

Exclusion criteria

• admit in RICU because of other causes except pneumonia
• do not agree to join this study
• admit in RICU for the second time
• anticipated length of hospital stay less than 72h

Trial design

800 participants in 1 patient group

pneumonia in RICU

Description:

The patients admit in RICU because of pneumonia.

Treatment:

Other: pneumonia