Microcirculation and Oxidative Stress in Critical Ill Patients in Surgical Intensive Care Unit

NCT ID: NCT00808691

Last Updated: 2015-01-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 124 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2007-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2011-07-31

Brief Summary

As medicine advances, many lives can be saved in the intensive care unit. However, when multiple organ failure occurs, the mortality rate of patients increases dramatically. Therefore, the major goal in the intensive care unit is to prevent the occurrence of multiple organ failure. The sepsis protocol and early goal directed treatment have great effects to reduce development of multiple organ failure and to decrease the mortality rate. However, sometime the condition of patient deteriorated in spite of both the mean blood pressure and mixed venous oxygen saturation are normal. Some experts recognize that there might be microcirculatory dysfunction of tissue or organ. The dysfunction of microcirculation might due to vasoconstriction or microthrombosis. Vasoconstriction might result from systemic inflammation, reactive oxygen species, or dysfunction of synthesis of NO (nitric oxide). Microthrombosis might result from systemic inflammation, reactive oxygen species, imbalance of coagulatory system, or damage of endothelial cell.

In clinical practice, the oxidative stress is related to circulatory shock, sepsis, acute lung injury, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. This study tries to investigate the relation between oxidative stress and microcirculation. Furthermore, the investigators will try to investigate the correlation between the severity of oxidative stress and microcirculatory dysfunction and the severity of disease and prognosis. The investigators hope this study will help them to figure out the picture of disease progression of patients. It may conduct further study to modulate the oxidative stress, to improve the microcirculatory function, and finally to improve the outcome of patients.

Conditions

Sepsis; ARDS; Liver Failure; Renal Failure; Brain Death

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

1

Patients with sepsis

Critical care

Intervention Type: OTHER

Standard care for each group of patients

2

Patient admitted for postoperative care

Critical care

Intervention Type: OTHER

Standard care for each group of patients

3

Patients with ARDS

Critical care

Intervention Type: OTHER

Standard care for each group of patients

4

Patients with ARF

Critical care

Intervention Type: OTHER

Standard care for each group of patients

5

Patients who receive liver support treatment

Critical care

Intervention Type: OTHER

Standard care for each group of patients

6

Patients wiht brain death

Critical care

Intervention Type: OTHER

Standard care for each group of patients

Interventions

Critical care

Standard care for each group of patients

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• > 18 y/o
• Related diagnosis made within 24h
• Group 1 - Sepsis
• Group 2 - Postoperative care
• Group 3 - ARDS
• Group 4 - Renal failure
• Group 5 - Liver failure
• Group 6 - Brain death

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant patients
• Related diagnosis made longer than 24h
• Patients who have received antioxidants within 24h
• Patients who have received hyperbaric oxygen therapy
• Patients who have a hemoglobin value less than 9 g/dl
• Patients who have received NO

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

National Taiwan University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Yu-Chang Yeh, M.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Taiwan University Hospital

Locations

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

Other Identifiers

200707012

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id