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Surviving Pneumonia

RECRUITINGSponsored by Nordsjaellands Hospital
Actively Recruiting
SponsorNordsjaellands Hospital
Started2019-01-07
Est. completion2023-12-31
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted

Summary

The study aims to explore risk factors for poor prognosis among patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). During a 5-year study period, all patients (aged ≥ 18 years) admitted with CAP at North Zealand Hospital will be invited for inclusion. Questionnaires, anthropometric measures, laboratory tests, and biomaterials will be collected at admission, daily during admission, at discharge and at follow-up. The main clinical outcomes of the study consist of deaths and development of diabetes.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* Infiltrate on chest radiograph plus one or more of the following:

  * Fever (temperature, ≥38.0°C)
  * Hypothermia (\<35.0°C),
  * New cough with or without sputum production
  * Pleuritic chest pain
  * Dyspnea
  * Altered breath sounds on auscultation.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients unable to give informed consent
* Patients unwilling to give informed consent

Conditions2

Community-acquired PneumoniaDiabetes

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