Assessment of Updated Evaluation Scores in Critically ILL COPD Patients Admitted to Assiut University Hospital

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 13 April 2015
• Main ID: NCT02259439
• Date of registration: 17/09/2014
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Nermeen Aly Mahmoud Abdel Aleem
• Public title: Assessment of Updated Evaluation Scores in Critically ILL COPD Patients Admitted to Assiut University Hospital
• Date of first enrolment: September 2012
• Target sample size: 150
• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02259439
• Study type: Observational
• Study design: Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Egypt

Contacts

• Name: Nermeen Abdel Aleem

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- We include for study all patients critically ill hospitalized for COPD exacerbation
during the study period

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients who refuse to be admitted to hospital after having been properly informed,
and their families as well, of the possible risks that they are assuming.

- Specific diagnosis: pulmonary edema, rib fractures, aspiration, pleural effusion,
etc. upon admission.

- Other associated respiratory pathology that determines treatment: pulmonary fibrosis,
kyphoscoliosis, neuromuscular pathology, upper airway obstruction, extensive
tuberculosis sequelae.



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Primary Outcome(s)

Calculate the mortality of exacerbated patients based on APACHE II and SOFA score, respiratory rate upon admittance, age, pO2/ FiO2 in the first few hours of admittance. [Time Frame: 24 hours]

Secondary ID(s)

16022012

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors