Detection and Characterization of Lower Respiratory Infections in Critically Ill Patients

Asan Medical Center

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Severe Pneumonia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01068990

AICUP

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a prospective observation study for lower respiratory tract infections in medical intensive care unit. Microbiologic and clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with severe pneumonia in medical intensive care unit will be monitored and analyzed.

Full description

All patients admitting medical ICU will be monitored for pneumonia. Both community-acquired (including health-care associated pneumonia) and hospital-acquired pneumonia will be included. Collecting data will include patient demographic characteristics, clinical features, microbiological characteristics including molecular work, and outcome.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients admitting medical ICU with pneumonia
• Medical ICU admitted patients who is developed new pneumonia

Exclusion criteria

• Patients already treated more than 48 hours for pneumonia in transferring hospital and no causative organism is isolated