An observational study to evalaute the oppurtunities to reduce the burden of antibiotic use in critically ill patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: A488- Other specified bacterial diseases
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/07/071439
- Lead Sponsor
- St Johns Medical College Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with suspected infection/sepsis, started on empirical antibiotic therapy for more than or equal to 24 hours.
Patients who will are admitted in ICU for at least 5 days or more.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients on antibiotics as definitive therapy as per culture sensitivity.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method prevalence of antibiotic de-escalation.Timepoint: during icu stay
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method length of ICU <br/ ><br>stay, mortality among the study population, new onset organ failure, emergence of resistanceTimepoint: discahrge or death