Clinical trials: Intensive Care
Delirium, AAA
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients Remain at Risk for Delirium on the Surgical Ward After Intensive Care Unit Dismissal
The incidence of delirium following open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery is significant, with incidence rates ranging from 12 to 33%.
- Conditions
- Delirium, AAA, Intensive Care Unit Delirium, Surgery--Complications
- Trial name
- NCT04080557
- Testing
- Surgery
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 135 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Amphia Hospital
Intensive Care Neurological Disorder
Patient and Caregiver Psychological Functioning Following Neuro-ICU Admission: A Prospective Investigation
The current study has the following objectives: 1. To determine predictors of time 2 and 3 (3 and 6 months post-ICU admission) depression, PTSD, satisfaction with life and quality of life in both patients and caregivers, after…
- Trial name
- NCT02435641
- Testing
- Questionnaires
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Closed Loop Communication
Simulation Training of Closed-Loop Communication (CLC)
Open interventional before and after study on the effect of on-site full-scale simulation with a subsequent course follow-up and a three month follow-up observation pertaining to behavioural changes in communication of the…
- Conditions
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Closed Loop Communication, In-situ Simulation, Behavioral Changes
- Trial name
- NCT03600298
- Testing
- Simulation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Intensive Care Units, Triage
ICU Triage Practices in a Cancer Hospital
The primary objective of this study is aimed at analyzing the ICU triage practices of clinicians at a cancer hospital with and without the use of an algorithm-based triage tool, and to assess whether or not the triage tool…
- Trial name
- NCT03401411
- Testing
- Survey, Algorithm-based Triage Tool
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Ecuador
- Volunteers
- 257 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Intensive Care (ICU) Myopathy
Biomechanical Properties in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Survivors 12-month After Discharge
Intensive care unit (ICU) admission is associated with muscle weakness and ICU survivors report persevering limitation of physical capacity for years after discharge.
- Trial name
- NCT01364714
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Unexpected Hospital Mortality, Death, Sudden, Cardiac
Prevention of Serious Adverse Events in Acute Care Hospitals by Afferent Limb and Response Method Intervention - the ALARM Intervention Study.
1. Summary Growing evidence suggests that a significant proportion of in-hospital patient deaths occur after serious adverse events (SAE's).
- Conditions
- Unexpected Hospital Mortality, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Unplanned Intensive Care Unit Admission
- Trial name
- ALARM (NCT01949025)
- Testing
- ALARM intervention
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 69,656 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiteit Antwerpen
Intensive Care Medicine, ARDS
Change of Immune Cell of ARDS Patients：an Observational Study
To evaluate change of different immune cellsduring ARDS and its impact on prognosis.
- Trial name
- NCT02958748
- Testing
- taking blood sample
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Southeast University, China
There Are no Specific Conditions Under Study, This Study Evaluates the Clinical Decision-Making Associated With Intensive Care Units Rationing
Impact of Bed Availability and Cognitive Load on Intensive Care Unit Bed Allocation: a Vignette-based Clinical Trial
Decisions about ICU beds allocations are made everyday, specially in countries with scarcity of ICU beds, such as Brazil. ICU triage, most of the time, is not structured, which may lead to faulty decision making, possibly leading…
- Trial name
- NCT02430454
- Testing
- Increased cognitive load
- Volunteers
- 178 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
A Critical Appraisal of the Role of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
While near infrared spectroscopy is an exciting technology, scientific rigor is required in order to optimize its appropriate use in the clinical arena.
- Trial name
- NCT01282099
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Akron Children's Hospital