A randomised controlled trial of non-invasive cardiac output monitoring in the emergency room:

A randomised controlled trial of non-invasive cardiac output monitoring on oxygen delivery in critically ill emergency department patients.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12608000486325

Acronym

The NICER TRial

Enrollment

222

Registered

2008-09-30

Start date

2008-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Critically ill patients often have signs of inadequate oxygen delivery. We know this adversely impacts on survival. The hypothesis is that the introduction of non invasive cardiac output monitoring will allow us to improve or correct oxygen delivery, thus possibly improving survival

Interventions

Subjects will be allocated to standard care plus non-invasive cardiac output monitoring (intervention). Non-invasive cardiac output monitoring for four hours in the Emergency Department (ED).

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Critically ill adults in the ED requiring referral to Intensive Care for consideration of admission.

Exclusion criteria

Age < 18

Outcome results