NCT03456037

Incidence Of Hepatitis In Intensive Care Unit

Incidence Of Hepatitis And Its Effect On Prognosis In Patients Who Follow In Intensive Care Unit

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 500 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Sakarya University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 120 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim is to investigate incidence of HBsAg, anti-HCV in serum samples and evaluation of biomarkers taken from patients who were followed the intensive care unit of Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital and The intensive care unit attracts attention by making health workers more susceptible to the risk of hepatitis.

Detailed description

This retrospective study included 536 cases who were followed with various diagnoses in intensive care units between 1 Ocak 2015 ile 1 Ocak 2016, covering the six months period, retrospectively. Sakarya University's Faculty of Medicine Review Board (71522473/050.01.04/113) approved the study after approval of the research ethics committee (. Medical record forms and electronic medical record system of the hospital were used in the analysis of medical data with regard to age, sex, HBsAg, anti-HCV, AST, ALT, bilirubin, creatinine levels.

Conditions

• Intensive Care Unit

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	hepatitis viruses	There are 5 main hepatitis viruses, referred to as types A, B, C, D and E. These 5 types are of greatest concern because of the burden of illness and death they cause and the potential for outbreaks and epidemic spread. In particular, types B and C lead to chronic disease in hundreds of millions of people and, together, are the most common cause of liver cirrhosis and cancer.The aim is to investigate incidence of HBsAg, anti-HCV in serum samples and evaluation of biomarkers taken from patients who were followed the intensive care unit of Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-04-01
• Primary completion: 2019-05-01
• Completion: 2019-07-01
• First posted: 2018-03-07
• Last updated: 2018-03-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)