Status:

COMPLETED

Community Acquired Pneumonia in Telemark and Ostfold

Lead Sponsor:

Sykehuset Telemark

Collaborating Sponsors:

Sykehuset Ostfold

Conditions:

Community Acquired Pneumonia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to investigate the bacterial causes in community acquired pneumonia in adults admitted to hospital in two counties in Norway and to look at possible factors that makes the pati...

Detailed Description

In Norway there is little knowledge of which bacterias that causes pneumonia in patients admitted to hospital. There are also few registered cases of Legionnaires disease every year, compared to our n...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Symptoms of lower airway infection and radiologic sings of pneumonia.

Exclusion

  • Age\<18
  • Serious psychiatric illness
  • Mentally retarded
  • Hospitalized last 14 days

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2007

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

380 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00467701

Start Date

May 1 2007

End Date

February 1 2008

Last Update

January 19 2009

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Sykehuset Telemark

Skien, Telemark, Norway, 3710