An interventional study of Checklist for Early Recognition and Treatment of Acute Illness (CERTAIN) in Critical Illness, Sepsis and Respiratory Failure, sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Completed at 30 sites in 17 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-08-20.
Sponsored by Mayo Clinic · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
The purpose of the study is to test whether the health care provider access and training in CERTAIN (Checklist for Early Recognition and Treatment of Acute Illness), would facilitate timely and error free best-practice delivery and minimize preventable death and costly complications in critically ill patients.
2,416 studies on the registry are indexed under Sepsis; 541 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 5,215 is above the median of 102 across 1,165 interventional studies indexed under Sepsis.
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Of its 452 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 321 (71%) have results posted.
Compared within Sepsis, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Critical Illness. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →
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All adult (≥ 18 years) patients admitted for the first time to the participating ICUs will be included.
Exclusion:
Not critically Ill, admitted for low risk monitoring, planned ICU admissions for routine postoperative surveillance for less than 24 hours after uncomplicated surgery, readmission and transferred from outside ICU.
baseline data (50 patients or 3 months per center)
Other: Checklist for Early Recognition and Treatment of Acute Illness (CERTAIN)
This study is about training and implementation of best critical care practices in the international ICUs with variable resources facilitated by access to a specifically designed electronic checklist
Also known as: Checklist
Adherence to best critical care practices
Adherence to best practice in initial evaluation and treatment of critically ill medical and surgical patients Appropriate shock resuscitation Appropriate sepsis treatment Appropriate mechanical ventilation Appropriate peptic ulcer, deep vein thrombosis and infectious disease prophylaxis
Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of ICU stay, an expected average of 2 weeks
ICU and hospital lengths of stay
Patient will be followed till they get discharged from hospital for whatever length they stay.
Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 8 weeks
Mortality for 4 weeks
Patient will be followed for 4 weeks and hospital discharge(up to total 10 weeks post discharge)
Time frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of 4 weeks and hospital discharge (up to 10 weeks post discharge)
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