severe sepsis and septic shock in Intensive Care Unit
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Adult confirmed septic patients (under the third international consensus definitions of sepsis and septic shock), admitted to ICU will be recruited. • Age (21-80) years.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • Age: < 21 years old. • Patient refusal. • Pregnancy. • Malignancy. • Pathology that could affect serum albumin concentrations prior to ICU admission (e.g. nephrotic syndrome & cirrhosis & malnutrition). • Intestinal resection surgeries.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome is to detect the mortality due to sepsis and septic shock in hospital stay, also measure C-Reactive Protein/Albumin ratio and Lactate/Albumin ratio . | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The secondary outcomes are to know the duration of intensive care unit stay , the requirment for vasoactive medications (dose and duration in days) , mechanical ventilatory support (needed or not) and mechanical ventilatory days and need of renal replacement therapy . | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Assistant Lecturer of Anesthesia