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Effects of Isolated Rooms on the Prevalence of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia in a Respiratory ICU

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01250691
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : December 1, 2010
Last Update Posted : December 1, 2010
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Eskisehir Osmangazi University

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
This study will carry out in the ICU. Objectives of the study are to determine the frequency of HAP and the effect of isolated rooms on the frequency of pneumonia in the ICU.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment
Pneumonia Intensive Care Unit Other: ward-type ICU

Detailed Description:
In the present study, it was aimed to determine the incidence, causative agents, antimicrobial resistance, and risk factors for lower respiratory tract infections in patients followed in the ICU for the last 4 years. The effect of reconfiguration from a ward-type ICU consisting one large room to an ICU with isolated rooms with two beds on the incidence of HAP was also determined.

Study Design
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Study Type : Observational
Actual Enrollment : 532 participants
Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
Official Title: Epidemiologic Study of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia in a Respiratory ICU
Study Start Date : January 2004
Actual Primary Completion Date : July 2008
Actual Study Completion Date : August 2010

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Groups and Cohorts
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Group/Cohort Intervention/treatment
hospital acquired pneumonia
isolated rooms Other: ward-type ICU
frequency of hospital acquired pneumonia in the ICU
Other Name: frequency of hospital acquired pneumonia in the ICU
ward-type ICU


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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Senior)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
All of the patients who had been admitted to the ICU during this period were included in the study
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • adult patients,
  • admitted to the ICU

Exclusion Criteria:

  • trauma, surgery or burned patients
  • patients under 18
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Locations
Turkey
Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Eskisehir, Merkez, Turkey, 26040
Osmangazi University
Eskisehir, Merkez, Turkey, 26040
Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Eskisehir, Turkey, 26040
Sponsors and Collaborators
Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Investigators
Study Chair: Irfan Ucgun, As.Prof.Dr. Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Medical Faculty
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Responsible Party: Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Department of Chest Diseases, Intensive Care Unit, Eskisehir Osmangazi University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01250691     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: HAP-OU-isolation
First Posted: December 1, 2010    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: December 1, 2010
Last Verified: January 2004

Keywords provided by Eskisehir Osmangazi University:
pneumonia
ICU
isolation room
clinical epidemiology
infection control

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pneumonia
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Respiratory Tract Infections