Retrospective analysis of reversible myocardial dysfunction in ICU

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  A retrospective analysis of the natural history of reversible myocardial dysfunction in critically ill patients

• IRAS ID

  134468

• Contact name

  J Duncan Young

• Contact email

  duncan.young@ndcn.ox.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Oxford

• Research summary

  Each year over 100,000 patients experiencing critical illness are admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICU) across the United Kingdom. Acute, reversible heart impairment has been described in some patient groups of critical illness, such as those suffering from severe infections.

  Despite studies in some ICU patient groups showing that this condition is associated with clinical instability, this condition remains poorly understood in the general ICU population. We wish to undertake a retrospective analysis of repeated heart ultrasound studies performed in the general ICU population to characterise the natural history and outcomes of patients experiencing reversible heart impairment.

• REC name

  South Central - Oxford C Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  13/SC/0399

• Date of REC Opinion

  10 Sep 2013

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion