Early Detection of At-risk Septic Patients
ConditionSepsis
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to determine whether additional investigations used in other parts of healthcare can be used in the Emergency Department to identify critically ill patients quicker than usual care.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Differential diagnosis which includes infection
Change in the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) ≥2 or National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) score ≥5
Aged ≥18 years
Disqualifiers
Traumatic injury
Rockwood frailty score ≥6
Critical care therapy previously believed to not be in patient's best interests
Advanced directive refusing critical care therapies.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Measuring tissue oxygenation
- Procalcitonin
- Mid-regional proadrenomedullin
- Hand-held video microscope
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov