Predicton of Sepsis Recovery Performance Subtypes Pilot Study

Description

This study addresses critically ill sepsis patients' current literature reports of ongoing post-hospital discharge weakness and hospital readmissions. This study is aimed at capture and interpretation of a complex set of tests, administered during a subject's sepsis functional recovery trajectory, particularly capturing hospital readmission's effects on survivors' physical function recovery.

Conditions

Sepsis

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Study overview

This study addresses critically ill sepsis patients' current literature reports of ongoing post-hospital discharge weakness and hospital readmissions. This study is aimed at capture and interpretation of a complex set of tests, administered during a subject's sepsis functional recovery trajectory, particularly capturing hospital readmission's effects on survivors' physical function recovery.

Prediction of Sepsis Recovery Physical Performance Subtypes: A Pilot Study

Predicton of Sepsis Recovery Performance Subtypes Pilot Study

Condition
Sepsis
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Birmingham

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Sepsis requiring organ support in an ICU setting
  • 1. inability to obtain informed consent
  • 2. the attending physician reports that the patient's goals of care are transitioning to palliation/withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy
  • 3. recent cancer therapy in the last 12 months
  • 4. age \>80
  • 5. plans to be discharged on mechanical ventilation to a Long Term Acute Care Hospital
  • 6. planned discharge to rehabilitation facility, long-term hospital or nursing home.
  • 7. Pregnancy

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 80 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Alabama at Birmingham,

peter morris, md, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Record Dates

2025-10-15