Extravascular Lung Water Index in Severe Sepsis (EVLI in sepsis)

Chang Gung Medical Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Severe Sepsis

Treatments: Procedure: EVLI was determinated by PiCCO plus system.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00986271

97-0374B

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate whether extravascular lung water index (EVLI) is an independent predictor for multiorgan dysfunction syndrome (MODS) in patients with severe sepsis and to determine if increased EVLI may serve as an predictor for MODS and mortality in those patients.

Enrollment: 67 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All enrolled patients were recruited consecutively on the day of MICU admission and within 24 hours of the diagnosis of severe sepsis.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy,
• Age less than 18 years old, and
• Uncontrolled malignancy.

Trial design

67 participants in 1 patient group

With and without MODS developement

Other group

Description:

EVLI was determinated by PiCCO plus system.

Treatment:

Procedure: EVLI was determinated by PiCCO plus system.