Estimation of Number of Intensive Care Unit-Bed days utilized by patients with palliative care needs:An observational study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 100
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- The Estimate of number of ICU beds being utilized by palliative care patients will be known
研究概览
简要总结
Advances in medical field has rendered many previously untreatable health conditions as treatable and has led to better control of advancing illnesses.but some health conditions remain practically in curable and need symptomatic support and palliative care.such patients get admitted in the ICU with either already defined palliative care needs or found to have one in the course of treatment continue to stay in ICU and these beds are rendered unavailable to salvageable patients.Hence this study aims to find the potential number of intensive care unit bed days lost to patients with palliative care needs and try to explore the reason behind it.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18.00 Year(s) 至 90.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •1.Intensive care following a current Hospital stay.
排除标准
- •Palliative care patients who return to pre illness status after the treatment.
结局指标
主要结局
The Estimate of number of ICU beds being utilized by palliative care patients will be known
时间窗: At the end of 4 weeks
次要结局
- The reason and causes behind the non transfer of patients from ICU will be explored(Within a period of 1 year the reason behind the prolonged stay is explored)
研究者
Dhanushram D
AIIMS JODHPUR