Medical Vulnerability: Impact of hospital room cooling on vulnerable patients with lung disease during periods of extreme weather (UCaHS)

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: J44; J45; J46; I27.0; J84.1; J12; J13; J14; J15; J16

• Registration Number: DRKS00004931
• Lead Sponsor: Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Med. Klinik m. S Infektiologie und Pneumologie, Arbeitsbereich Ambulante Pneumologie

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-04-26
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• COPD
• Asthma
• Pneumonia
• Lung fibrosis
• Pulmonary hypertension

Exclusion Criteria

• Malignant disease (life expectancy <6 months)
• Necessity of intensive care (respiratory pump failure, hypercapnia >70mmHg, coma, hypoxemia <50mmHg, acidosis pH <7,35, circulatory insufficiency)
• Instable coronary disease
• Liver disease (Child-Pugh class C)
• Kidney disease (glomerular filtration rate =29 mL/min/1.73m²)
• Patient awaits lung transplantation
• Missing or withdrawn consent
• Inability to fulfil the testing and examination procedures
• Room change before discharge

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Total length of hospital stay (days)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Score COPD Assessment Test (CAT)<br>2. Score Modified British Medical Research Council Questionnaire for Dyspnoea (mMRC)<br>3. Body weight<br>4. Body temperature<br>5. Oxygen saturation<br>6. Heart rate<br>7. Blood pressure<br>8. Fluid intake<br>9. Step count (measurement of daily activity)