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NCT Number: NCT00912600

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Admission Decisions in the Elderly : the ICE-CUB Study

Percentage of patients over 80 admitted in ICU varies greatly from one center to another. ICU admission criteria of older patients are scarcely described and benefit of ICU admission for those patients is uncertain. In this study, we prospectively studied old patients arriving to the emergency department of 15 French hospitals with conditions that potentially warrant ICU admission.The working hypothesis was that ICU admission was associated with a 20% decrease in six-month mortality.

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Key information

Conditions

Patient Admission Activities of Daily Living Death Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Age range

80 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Hôpital Saint-Antoine

Paris, 75012, France

About this study

This was a prospective multicenter observational cohort study of elderly individuals presenting to one of 15 emergency departments and possibly qualifying for admission to an ICU. To be included, subjects had to be aged at least 80 years and be diagnosed by the ED physician with one of 74 conditions potentially warranting ICU admission.Outcome studied are ICU eligibility as assessed by emergency and ICU physicians, hospital and six-month death and changes in functional status in the six month following emergency department visit.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Age over 80
  • Be assigned by the emergency physician with one of 74 conditions potentially warranting ICU admission

Exclusion criteria

  • Patient's refusal

Treatment and study plan

Intensive Care Unit admission

Other

Intensive Care Unit admission

Primary outcomes

  1. ICU eligibility as assessed by emergency and ICU physicians

    Time frame: At the admission

Secondary outcomes

  1. Hospital death

    Time frame: During the hospitalisation

  2. Change in functional status

    Time frame: During 6 months

  3. Six-month death

    Time frame: During 6 months after the end of the hospitalisation

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Other

Collaborators

  • Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Registry information

Official study title

A Prospective Multicenter Study Examining the Criteria That Determine ICU Admission of Patients Over 80 Who Present to an Emergency Department and Evaluating the Impact of ICU Admission on Short and Mid-term Vital and Functional Outcome

Acronym: IceCub

Important dates

Study start
2004
Primary completion
2006
Study completion
2009
First posted
Jun 3, 2009
Registry last updated
Jul 26, 2012

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