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