Critical illness - ICU/Critical Care patients
Conditions
Interventions
Critically ill
Sponsors
NIHR
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All adult patients aged 18 years or over who have been admitted for inpatient care in any department or ward in participating hospitals.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: None
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To investigate critical illness, its care and associated outcomes among all adult in-patients in hospitals across Africa. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To establish the proportion of adult (18 years or older) inpatients in African hospitals that are critically ill. 2. To establish the mortality rate of the critically ill patients and those who are not critically ill. 3. To estimate the proportion of critically ill patients who receive essential emergency and critical care. 4. To investigate the association between the provision of essential emergency and critical care to critically ill patients and mortality. 5. To determine the availability of resources for essential emergency and critical in African hospitals. | — |
Countries
South Africa
Contacts
Public ContactMargot Flint
Public enquiries
Outcome results
None listed