Organ support & nutrition

Prokinetic agents in adult intensive care unit patients (PATIENCE)—An international inception cohort study protocol

Acta Anaesthesiol ScandPublished Inception cohort study protocol

Study context

Population
Acutely admitted adult intensive care units (ICU) patientsplanned
Participants
1,000 participants
Primary endpoint
Proportion of ICU patients who receive prokinetic agents
Methodological detailsinternational, prospective, 14-day inception period, Data collected from ICU admission and daily during ICU stay for up to 90 days, Secondary outcomes: mortality, days alive without life support, days alive out of ICU, days alive out of hospital (all within 90 days), patients with ≥1 serious adverse event, Analysis: descriptive; Cox regressions with death and ICU discharge as competing events; extended Cox models with time-varying covariates and linear regression
  • International
  • Prospective
  • 14-day inception period
  • Data collected from ICU admission and daily during ICU stay for up to 90 days
  • Secondary outcomes: mortality, days alive without life support, days alive out of ICU, days alive out of hospital (all within 90 days), patients with ≥1 serious adverse event
  • Analysis: descriptive; Cox regressions with death and ICU discharge as competing events; extended Cox models with time-varying covariates and linear regression

No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.

Original publication

Prokinetic agents in adult intensive care unit patients (PATIENCE)—An international inception cohort study protocol. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 30 September 2024. doi:10.1111/aas.14534

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