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Assessment of LUS with CURB-65 and PSI to predict severity of Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Integrating Lung Ultrasound Score with CURB-65 and Pneumonia Severity Index in predicting severity of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Prospective Observational study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/04/086003
Enrollment
150
Registered
2025-04-30
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-05-26

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: J00-J99- Diseases of the respiratory system

Interventions

Intervention1: Nil: Nil Intervention2: Nil: Nil

Sponsors

Max Superspeciality Hospital Vaishali
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients admitted in ICU with diagnosis of CAP

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients admitted with HAP, health-care associated pneumonia, aspiration pneumonia Patients on immunosuppressive drug therapy Pulmonary tuberculosis Pulmonary infarction Patients with prior injectable antibiotic therapy for the current pneumonia episode Cardiac failure causing cardiogenic pulmonary oedema HIV seropositivity Incomplete image acquisition

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Assessment of mortality in patients on day 28 and their correlation with lung ultrasound score. To evaluate lung ultrasound findings and their correlation with CURB-65 and PSI scores in order to establish cutoff values of LUS indicative of high mortality risk.Timepoint: 4 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Length of ICU stay 2. Need for mechanical ventilation 3. Days on mechanical ventilationTimepoint: 28 days

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr. Gaurav Verma

Max Superspeciality Hospital, Vaishali

Manish.gupta@maxhealthcare.com9868081770

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026