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The Thai Surgical Intensive Care Study (Thai-SICU Study)

Multicenter Study of Outcome and Adverse Events in Surgical Intensive Care Unit of Thai University Hospital

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01354197
Acronym
THAI-SICU
Enrollment
4652
Registered
2011-05-16
Start date
2011-04-30
Completion date
2013-01-31
Last updated
2017-03-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Adverse Reaction to Drug, Complications of Surgical and Medical Care: General Terms, Critical Illness, Sequelae of External Causes of Morbidity and Mortality

Keywords

Adverse events, Mortality, Readmission, Surgical intensive care unit

Brief summary

The study observed the 28 days mortality of 9 participated University base surgical intensive care unit (SICU) as well as the occurrence of adverse events in SICU.

Detailed description

The adverse events included pulmonary aspiration, pulmonary emboli, drug error, new stroke, symptomatic deep vein thrombosis, pneumothorax, unplanned extubation, upper GI hemorrhage, myocardial infarction, abdominal hypertension, acute lung injury(ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), re-intubation within 72 hours, delirium, cardiac arrest, new arrhythmia, acute kidney injury, sepsis

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Siriraj Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Chulalongkorn University
CollaboratorOTHER
Chiang Mai University
CollaboratorOTHER
Prince of Songkla University
CollaboratorOTHER
Khon Kaen University
CollaboratorOTHER
Srinakharinwirot University
CollaboratorOTHER
Royal Thai Army Medical Department
CollaboratorOTHER_GOV
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Medical College and Vajira Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER_GOV
Ramathibodi Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Royal College of Anesthesiologists of Thailand
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* All SICU admission patients

Exclusion criteria

* Age \< 18 years

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall Mortality28 daysNumber of Participants who Did Not Survive up to 28 days after surgical ICU admission

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Readmission to ICU3 daysNumber of Participants with Readmission to ICU up to 3 days (72 hours) after discharge from ICU

Countries

Thailand

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Survive at Day 28
The patients who survived at 28 days after surgical ICU admission.
4,010
Non-survive at Day 28
The patients who non-survived at 28 days after surgical ICU admission.
642
Total4,652

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicNon-survive at Day 28TotalSurvive at Day 28
Age, Continuous63.7 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 17.4
61.7 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 17.3
61.4 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 17.3
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Thai
642 participants4652 participants4010 participants
Region of Enrollment
Thailand
642 participants4652 participants4010 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
231 Participants1923 Participants1692 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
411 Participants2729 Participants2318 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
253 / 4,01090 / 642
serious
Total, serious adverse events
1,070 / 4,010519 / 642

Outcome results

Primary

Overall Mortality

Number of Participants who Did Not Survive up to 28 days after surgical ICU admission

Time frame: 28 days

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
All ICU Admission PatientsOverall Mortality642 participants
Secondary

Readmission to ICU

Number of Participants with Readmission to ICU up to 3 days (72 hours) after discharge from ICU

Time frame: 3 days

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
All ICU Admission PatientsReadmission to ICU144 participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026