African Critical Illness Outcomes Study

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Critical illness - ICU/Critical Care patients

• Registration Number: PACTR202307787887272
• Lead Sponsor: IHR

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-07-04
• Last Update Posted: 4 March 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10000

Inclusion Criteria

All adult patients aged 18 years or over who have been admitted for inpatient care in any department or ward in participating hospitals.

Exclusion Criteria

None

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To investigate critical illness, its care and associated outcomes among all adult in-patients in hospitals across Africa.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. To establish the proportion of adult (18 years or older) inpatients in African hospitals that are critically ill.<br><br>2. To establish the mortality rate of the critically ill patients and those who are not critically ill.<br><br>3. To estimate the proportion of critically ill patients who receive essential emergency and critical care.<br><br>4. To investigate the association between the provision of essential emergency and critical care to critically ill patients and mortality.<br><br>5. To determine the availability of resources for essential emergency and critical in African hospitals.