Transfer to Another Health Care Facility Following Critical Illness

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

548 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-01-31

Study Completion Date

2003-01-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to identify acute and chronic medical conditions that are identifiable early in the course of critical illness that are associated with transfer to another health care facility (versus to home) upon hospital discharge.

Detailed Description

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Many patients who survive critical illness are unable to return home upon hospital discharge and require prolonged or permanent care in other health care facilities. It would be useful to clinicians, researchers, patients, and patients' families to be able to identify early in the course of critical illness those patients who are at increased risk for this outcome. Currently, few data exist regarding the risk factors for this outcome. This study examines a cohort of survivors of critical illness to identify factors associated with transfer to another health care facility upon hospital discharge.

Conditions

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Transfer to a Health Care Facility After Critical Illness

Keywords

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Chronic critical illness Functional status Outcomes Post-ICU

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Admission to the University of Chicago Medical Intensive Care Unit during the following periods: July 1997 to February 1998, November/December 2001, and March/April 2002.

Exclusion Criteria

* Death during the index hospitalization.
* Residence in another health care facility 2 weeks prior to admission.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Brian K Gehlbach, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Chicago

Locations

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University of Chicago Hospitals

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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12093B

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id