Description Module

Description Module

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NCT ID: NCT02285257
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to determine the epidemiology and outcome of sepsis at Yuetan subdistrict in Beijing in mainland China).
Detailed Description: 1. Questionnaires were used to collect the characteristic information of people living in Yuetan subdistrict in Beijing and select people who had been hospitalized because of any reasons between July 2012 and June 2014. 2. Data were collected on all patients admitted into different hospitals during the study period. The following information was recorded:demographic characteristics and admission category (whether medical, scheduled surgery, nonoperative trauma, or unscheduled surgery), presence of preexisting organ insufficiency,using definitions included in the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score11; co- morbidities and the estimated prognosis of any preexisting underlying disease, following the classification of McCabe and Jackson. 3. Patients were included in the study cohort when having, in association with a documented or strongly suspected infection and fullfil the diagnostic criteria of sepsis according to the "Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock:2012".
Study: NCT02285257
Study Brief:
Protocol Section: NCT02285257