Oropharyngeal and intestinal microbiota: important factors in prevention or acquisition of nosocomial infections in patients admitted to the ICU after major elective surgery: an explorative pilot
Completed
- Conditions
- Infectionprevention10019815
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON40960
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Adult patients; >= 18 years of age
Elective cardiothoracic surgery
Screening pre-operatively by anaesthesiologist in policlinic in our center
Admitted to ICU post-operatively
- Able to give informed consent by themselves
Exclusion Criteria
Minor; < 18 years of age
Unable to give informed consent
For periodontal cultures: patients who are edentate; in edentate patients, a culture of the plaque of the tongue will be obtained
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method