Prevalence Rate, and Clinical Characteristics of Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome Via Screening Patients Admitted to Medical Intensive Care Units

NCT ID: NCT02934581

Last Updated: 2021-03-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 52 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-10-29
• Study Completion Date: 2018-10-31

Brief Summary

A prospective observation study to screen adult obese (BMI ≥30 kg/m2) patients who were newly admitted to the medical intensive care units and turned out to be diagnosed as Obesity hypoventilation syndrome(OHS). The investigators purpose is to look into the prevalence, predictive factors, and outcomes of OHS in these critically ill patients.

Conditions

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome

Study Design

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

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2
• Suspected chronic hypercapnia as following Paco2 ≥ 45 mmHg, HCO3- ≥ 27mEq/L or base excess, BE ≥ 2 mEq/L

Exclusion Criteria

• Malignancy with lung involvement
• Autoimmune disease with lung involvement
• Moderate to severe obstructive respiratory pattern via spirometry
• Uncontrolled endocrine disease
• Pregnancy
• Pneumonia confirmed by image
• Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
• Lung edema
• Foreigner of Taiwan

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

National Taiwan University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

Other Identifiers

201409020RINC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id