View clinical trials related to Intensive Care Unit Syndrome.
Filter by:The study is to explore the relationship between coefficient of variation of harmonic magnitude (HCV) and different organ failures among those critically ill patients. In the future, we can act as a warning system on patients with multiple organ failures or terminal illness, also as an indicator of treatment effect.
To observe and identify determinants of recovery from intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICUAW) following a severe cardiorespiratory failure requiring extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Additionally, to discover the effects of ICUAW on physical function and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after critical illness. CLEVERER is a clinical observational pilot study.
To identify determinants of 'good and bad recovery' from ICUAW and build knowledge around the timing of these processes. Also, the investigators want to discover the effects of ICUAW on physical function and HRQoL following aortic surgery.
Delirium is a disturbance in consciousness with reduced ability to focus, sustain, or shift attention that occurs over a short period of time and tends to fluctuate over the course of the day. 50% to 81.7% had delirium during their ICU hospitalization. Delirium is associated with increased physical restraint, ventilation use, length of ICU stay, and mortality. However, there is no established delirium care pathway in target hospital. Chen et al. (2014) demonstrated that structured assessment stations with immediate feedback may improve overall learning efficiency over an EBP workshop alone. However, no published delirium care education study has used OSCEs as an intervention for healthcare professionals. The aim is to evaluate the effects of implementing a Scenario-based education intervention, including objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) on delirium care among healthcare professionals. This is a knowledge translation research, builds on eight years of delirium care research in University of Wollongong, Australia. The research will be undertaken at ICUs in a medical center in northern of Taiwan. There are two phases: (1) systematic review to identify delirium screen tool, and (2) a randomized controlled trial was conducted to determine the effects of implementing a Scenario-based education intervention, including OSCE (experimental group), and on-line education only (control group) focused on recognition and management of delirium. The hypothesis is: Scenario-based education intervention, including OSCE can increase the competence and self-efficacy among healthcare professionals in delirium care.
The present study evaluates the effects of the visit prior to hospital admission on anxiety, depression and satisfaction of patients in an intensive care unit.
This study aimed to examine the relationship between Hand Grip Force (HGF), Maximum Inspiratory Pressure (PImax) and Maximum Expiratory Pressure (PEmax) in ICU tracheostomized patients. METHODS: All patients underwent assessment of PImax and PEmax by a membrane-type manometer, and for the measure of HGF an hydraulic hand dynamometer
This study evaluate the capacity of the MON4STRAT device for drug monitoring of β- lactam antibiotic concentrations in newborns, children, and adolescents admitted in intensive care units with a health care-associated infection.
The purpose of this multicentric study is to evaluate the perception of the quality of the end of life in intensive care units seen from the side of the caregivers, trough the CAESAR scale.
Relatives of intensive care patients are at risk of developing symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder resulting in impaired health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Recovery programs have been tested, but its effectiveness is sparse. The hypothesis is that relatives to former intensive care patients will improve their HRQOL one year after intensive care. We want to determine whether relatives to former intensive care patient's benefits from a recovery programme with improved HRQOL, Sense Of Coherence (SOC) and symptoms of anxiety, depression and PTSD compared to standard care one year after intensive care.
Summary of the project : Lack or disturbances of sleep are major problems in patients staying in intensive care unit (ICU) due to the particular environment. The noises, lack of circadian rhythm of light lead to progressive deafferentation. The patients are then at risk of immune deficiencies, agitation and confusion states, cognitive troubles that may be associated to increased morbidity and mortality in the short and long term. Thus, improvement of the sleep of the ICU patients may impact non only during the ICU stay but also on their future quality of life. The sleep bundle project is a quality improvement project with a before-after design, consisting in the evaluation of a bundle of measures that may increase the quality and duration of sleep in ICU patients. The bundle consists in the proposition of eye-mask, ear-plugs, music and/or massage to the patients in parallele to structural and organizational modifications of the service such as the decrease of the alarms sounds, changing the luminosity between day and night, etc. The principal indicators followed will be: - The sleep quality of the patients - The continuous noise intensity in the rooms - The continuous light intensity in the rooms Baseline - before period: 8 weeks Implementation of the bundle with training of the team: 4 weeks After period: 8 weeks.