Status:
UNKNOWN
Microbiology and Clinical Outcome of Pneumonia
Lead Sponsor:
Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Conditions:
Pneumonia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
1. BACKGROUND Pneumonia occurring outside of the hospital setting is regarded as community acquired pneumonia. However, pneumonia occurring in non-hospital long-term care facilities constituted a ...
Detailed Description
BACKGROUND Pneumonia occurring outside of the hospital setting is regarded as community acquired pneumonia. However, pneumonia occurring in non-hospital long-term care facilities constituted a distin...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- CAP criteria:
- Those pneumonia patients have not been admitted within 14 days before diagnosing pneumonia.
- Those pneumonia patients are not met the criteria of HCAP criteria as stated below.
- HCAP criteria:
- Regular hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis or infusion therapy (ex TPN, repeated blood transfusion etc ) at a hospital or hemodialysis clinic.
- Receive radiation therapy or chemotherapy at out-patient clinics within 90 days
- to be admitted to an acute care hospital for two or more days within 90 days before the onset of pneumonia
- Resided in a nursing home or long-term care
Exclusion
- The patients with HAP: pneumonia developed two days after admission or within 14 days after discharge (except RCW)
- VAP: HAP and with mechanical ventilation for at least 48h (except RCW patients)
- HIV positive with a CD4+ \< 200
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
2600 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00873522
Start Date
March 1 2008
End Date
March 1 2010
Last Update
April 1 2009
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Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Taichung, Taiwan, 40705