Antibiotic usage in patients admitted to critical ward and suspected to have infectio
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: A418- Other specified sepsis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/12/048310
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Sagar Maddani S
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Those patients aged > 18 years admitted to Intensive Care Unit with diagnosis of sepsis and septic shock
Exclusion Criteria
# Patients with age <18 years
# Patient relatives who are not willing to give consent for the study
# Patients admitted for less than 24 hours in ICU
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. The initial antibiotic usage and its appropriateness will be measured. <br/ ><br>2. Antibiotic stewardship during ICU stay will be determinedTimepoint: 1. At baseline (time of admission) <br/ ><br>2. At 1 week of ICU stay <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Common organisms and their source of infection will be noted.Timepoint: At the time of culture