Circulatory System Respiratory
Conditions
Interventions
Mechanical ventilation with indirect calirometry
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Sponsors
Kasr alainy
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients included in the study were aged between 18 and 60 years and who were clinically suspected of having severe sepsis defined by the criteria of the American College of Chest Physicians/ Society of Critical Care Medicine Consensus Conference; (12) and received noradrenaline vasopressor therapy.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria included patients aged less than 18 years and more than 60-years-old, pregnant patients, patients who required chest tube insertion, patients who received an FiO2 more than 0.6 and PEEP more than 14 cm H2O, patients with body temperature more than 38oC or less than 36 oC, acute hepatitis or severe liver disease (Child-Pugh class C), patients on haemodialysis and patients with known endocrine dysfunction as myxedema, thyrotoxicosis, Addison’s disease and Cushing syndrome.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| primary outcome of the study was the correlation between the change in vasopressor concentration and the REE measured by indirect calorimetry | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The secondary outcome was the correlation between REE measured by indirect calorimetry and REE calculated by Harris Benedict equation | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Public ContactYassmin Elbasha
Assistant lecturer
Outcome results
None listed