The comparison of two intensive care unit scoring systems, APACHE II and APACHE IV to predict mortality in sepsis patients in an intensive care unit in a tertiary care hospital
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- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: R00-R99- Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/07/055510
- Lead Sponsor
- MS Ramaiah Medical College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and who are diagnosed with sepsis
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients admitted with burns
2. Patients admitted with head injury
3. Patients on chemotherapy, or known cases of malignancy,
4. Patients admitted following cardiac arrest
5. Pregnant patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the ability of APACHE II & APACHE IV in predicting mortality in ICU patients suffering from sepsis, where survivors are taken as patients who are discharged from the ICU & non survivors are taken as patients who die in the ICUTimepoint: Discharge from the ICU or death in the IC
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine the correlation between APACHE II & APACHE IV with length of stay in the ICUTimepoint: Number of days between admission & discharge from the IC