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Role of Terlipressin in maintaning blood pressure in a patient going into shock because of sepsis

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: R652- Severe sepsis
Registration Number
CTRI/2019/10/021484
Lead Sponsor
Hospital Supplies AIIMS Jodhpur
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

Patients older than 18 years diagnosed with septic shock during their ICU stay whose relatives give informed consent for the study will be considered for enrolment.

Exclusion Criteria

The following patients will be excluded from the study:

1.Patients whose relatives refuse to give consent for the study.

2.Unstable coronary artery syndrome (acute myocardial infarction during this episode of shock based on the combination of history, electrocardiogram and enzyme changes) or underlying cardiac dysfunction [cardiac index (CI) <2.2 l/min/m2]

3.Stroke or head injury.

4.Chronic renal failure on maintenance dialysis.

5.Malignancy or other irreversible disease or condition for which mortality was estimated to be very high (defined by investigator),

6.Acute mesenteric ischemia either proven or suspected

7.Raynaudâ??s phenomenon

8.Pregnancy

9.Organ transplantation.

10.Known hypersensitivity to norepinephrine or terlipressin.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To study the dose of Norepinephrine required to achieve target MAP(65-70mm of Hg) .Timepoint: After 12 hours of starting the vasopressor.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1)Duration of vasopressor requirement. <br/ ><br>2)Changes in lactate level at 12 hours after starting the infusion <br/ ><br>3)Urine output in ml per hour at 12 hours after starting of infusion <br/ ><br>4)Changes in the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score after 12 hours of starting vasopressor infusion. <br/ ><br>5)Incidence of serious adverse events like digital ischemia, cardiac arrhythmias, incidence of diarrhea and upper GI bleed. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: After 12 hours of starting the vasopressor.
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