Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03046082
Anaerobic Antibiotic Usage for Pneumonia in the Medical Intensive Care Unit
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 192 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Henry Ford Health System · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Observation of prescription usage of anaerobic antibiotics for patients admitted to the ICU with pneumonia.
Detailed description
Pneumonia is a common admitting diagnosis in the intensive care unit (ICU). When aspiration is suspected, antibiotics to cover anaerobes are frequently used , but in the absence of clear risk factors, current guidelines have questioned their role. It is unknown how frequently these guidelines are followed.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Antibiotics | Observation of antibiotic types given to patients with pneumonia. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-05-01
- Completion
- 2016-05-01
- First posted
- 2017-02-08
- Last updated
- 2023-11-30
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03046082. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.