Study of Intensive Care Units in India (INDICAPS)

Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine

Status

Completed

Conditions

Critical Illness

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01384929

ISCCM01

Details and patient eligibility

About

There is scant data on the casemix and practices in Indian intensive care units (ICUs). Most of the available data comes from single centre studies. There is a dire need to have data from Indian ICUs to reflect the vast spectrum of critical care illness, services and practices. INDICAPS planned to collect data of all patients in the ICU on one particular day, and four such days spread throughout a one-year period were selected: the second Wednesday of July and October this year, i.e. July 14 and October 13, 2010 and the second Wednesday of January and April next year, i.e. January 12 and April 13, 2011. As many ICUs all over the country as possible were asked to participate. The investigators aimed to gather information about ICUs, patients in ICUs, the types and severity of illness, monitoring and therapeutic modalities used, types of infections,mortality rates, etc.

Full description

The following information will be analysed:

Case-mix, severity of illness, prevalence of infection, hemodynamic monitoring and therapy, mechanical ventilation practices, nutrition and outcome

Seasonal and regional variations in the above
Epidemiology and variations in antibiotic use
Patterns of microorganisms and outcome
Prevalence and outcome of specific tropical febrile illnesses, including malaria, dengue fever, leptospirosis, scrub typhus
Prevalence and outcome of toxins and poisonings
Relation of ICU and hospital organizational issues to prevalence of infection and outcome
Organisation of intensive care services
End of life - Ethical decisions