Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:02 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:02 AM
NCT ID:
NCT02566460
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients with septic shock were assessed for inclusion, which required that patients be older than 18 years with confirmed or presumed infection, met two or more criteria for systemic inflammatory response syndrome \[16\], and evidence of refractory hypotension or a serum lactate level above 4 mmol per liter.
* Refractory hypotension was defined as a systolic blood pressure lower than 90 mm Hg, or a mean arterial pressure of less than 65 mm Hg , after an intravenous fluid challenge of 20 ml or more per kilogram of body weight.
* Patients had to be enrolled in the study within 2 hours after the earliest detection of septic shock and within 12 hours after arrival ICU.
Exclusion Criteria:
* The patients were excluded if they meet any one of follows: an age of less than 18 years, pregnancy, an acute cerebral vascular event (Glasgow coma score \< 5), acute myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome, massive pulmonary embolism, status asthmaticus, a primary diagnosed cardiac dysrhythmias, contraindication to central venous catheterization, active gastrointestinal hemorrhage, massive intra abdominal infective focus without drainage, severe bronchopleural fistula, seizure, during chemotherapy or immunosuppressive therapy, or end stage of the diseases.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT02566460
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02566460