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NCT Number: NCT02212093

5 Years Mortality-rate in Patients Treated for Severe Pneumonia in an ICU - a Retrospective Study

Severe pneumonia has a high in-hospital mortality. There are few studies which investigate the long-term mortality in patients that are discharged alive from the hospital. In this study we want to investigate the 5 years mortality after treatment of severe pneumonia in an ICU. We will also investigate the cause of death after discharge from the hospital.

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Key information

Conditions

Pneumonia Infections Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Akershus University Hospital

Nordbyhagen, Akershus, 1478, Norway

About this study

Patients with severe pneumonia who need treatment in an ICU have a high in-hospital mortality (16-46%). There are few studies which investigate the long-term mortality (> 1year) in patients after discharge from the hospital. There seems to be a higher mortality in this group compared to the general population. The cause(s) of this higher long-term mortality is unclear and few studies have investigated this problem.

We are going to investigate the 5 years mortality rate in this population of patients. We are also going to investigate the cause of death in the patients who are discharged from the hospital alive.

Inclusion criteria

Patients > 18 years. Primary diagnose: pneumonia, and the need of mechanical ventilation for at least 24 hours in an ICU. The patients who arrive at the ICU in Akershus University Hospital in the period from 01.01.1997 to 31.12.2006.

The datas are collected from the patients' journals and the local ICU register. Collecting data: Age, sex, comorbidity, SAPSII, mechanical ventilation time, stay in the ICU, stay in the hospital, ICU mortality, hospital mortality, 5 years mortality, type of pneumonia (bacteriology).

Time of death after discharge is collected from Norwegian National Registry. Cause of death after discharge is collected from Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients > 18 years. Primary diagnose: pneumonia, and the need of mechanical ventilation for at least 24 hours in an ICU. The patients who arrived the ICU in Akershus University Hospital in the period from 01.01.1997 to 31.12.2006.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients < 18 years. Patients with need for mechanical ventilation < 24 hours

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. 5 years mortality

    Time frame: 5 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. cause of death after discharge from the hospital

    Time frame: 5 years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Akershus

Other

Collaborators

  • Oslo University Hospital

Registry information

Official study title

Cause-specific 5 Years Mortality-rate in Patients Treated for Severe Pneumonia in an ICU - a Retrospective Study

Acronym: pneumonia

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Aug 8, 2014
Registry last updated
Jul 23, 2015

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