Retrospective Epidemiological Study on Botulism in Intensive Care Units in France (BotuREA)

Centre Hospitalier le Mans

Status: Completed

Conditions: Botulism; Poisoning

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03658902

CHM-2017-538/05

Details and patient eligibility

About

Botulism poisoning is a rare but serious illness. Because of it's low incidence, it is not well known by physicians. Most studies describing botulism date back to the last century and do not take into account recent advances in intensive care.

The objective of this study is to describe the clinical course, interventions and outcomes of patients with severe botulism poisoning requiring a hospitalisation in an intensive care or high dependancy unit.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of botulism
• Admission in an intensive care or high dependancy unit

Exclusion criteria

• None