An observational study in Sepsis, sponsored by Ohio State University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 65 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2013-07-12.
Sponsored by Ohio State University · Observational
The purpose of this study is to determine factors which predict a complicated hospital course and then to develop from these findings an Emergency Department guideline to assist in knowing who is at highest risk of elderly patients with infection presenting for care.
The study is looking at how closely physicians adhere to treatment guidelines in caring for elderly patients, and then to determine if there are differences in elderly patient disease symptoms that result in a failure to use guidelines. If this is known, physicians can then be aware of these differences and provide appropriate care.
1,899 studies on the registry are indexed under Sepsis; 462 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 213 is above the median of 160 across 931 observational studies indexed under Sepsis.
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Patients aged 65 or older who present to the Emergency Department with signs that could be consistent with infection
Exclusion Criteria:
Complicated Clinical course
The presense of any one of the following will constitute a complicated clinical course: 1. mortality at 30 days 2. requirement for ICU admission or ICU-level care withing first 48 hours 3. positive blood cultures
Time frame: 0-30 days from ED visit
Inadequate process of care
failure to meet any one of the following will be considered inadequate processes of care: 1. obtain blood cultures prior to antibiotic administration 2. administration of antibiotics within 4 hours of presentation 3. measure serum lactate if patient has severe sepsis in the ED 4. Fluid resuscitation of 20-40cc/kg if mean arterial perssure is \<65mmHg despite fluid resuscitation
Time frame: entire length of Emergency Department visit and hospitalization
This study is completed, as verified in Jul 2013. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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