Very old ICU Patients (VIP study)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
VIP study: a multinational multi centre study of outcome of Very old ICU Patients
IRAS ID
212594
Contact name
maurizio cecconi
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
St Georges University Hospital
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 0 days
Research summary
There are several studies addressing the epidemiology of the very old ICU patients, most of them however single centre studies (REF), and very seldom cross-national studies. We still have only partial knowledge about most aspects of caring for the critical ill elderly patient, even the epidemiology is mostly derived from a small number of countries throughout the world.
This has been discussed several times in the Health Service Research and Outcome (HSRO) section in the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and this study has its origin from within this research group. This study will address the ICU care of the very old, defined as patients ≥ 80 years, admitted to the ICU. The study will be the first large multinational study, with a basis in Europe, to study the frequency of ICU admission in the very old patients, the use of common ICU resources including ICU and hospital LOS. Outcome will be registered as outcome at ICU discharge and at 30 days. We will also study the feasibility of a very simple frailty index.REC name
London - Queen Square Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/LO/1642
Date of REC Opinion
14 Oct 2016
REC opinion
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