NCT02994641

Critical Care Observation of Motor Activity (COMA) and SICU Outcomes

Critical Care Observation of Motor Activity (COMA) - A Practicable and Valid Predictor of Patients' Outcome in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit: A Observational Study at 2 Surgical Intensive Care Units at Massachusetts General Hospital

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 761 (actual)
• Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 112 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In the surgical intensive care unit (SICU), goals of critical care are often discussed in long-term ventilated patients around the time of extubation. Muscle weakness predicts extubation failure but formal muscle strength assessment by the Medical Research Council scale is time-consuming and not part of the daily clinical exam. In this observational study, we hypothesize that COMA measurement, routinely used by the SICU nurses, is a reliable and valid predictor for patients' SICU outcomes. This prospective observational study is carried out within a consecutively enrolled cohort of adult patients who are extubated in two SICUs at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Conditions

• Motor Activity
• Muscle Strength
• Muscle Weakness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	COMA Score Assessment

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-12-01
• Primary completion: 2014-01-01
• Completion: 2014-01-01
• First posted: 2016-12-16
• Last updated: 2016-12-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States