CRITICAL ILLNESS

This study is testing a new support program for people recovering after a serious illness that required intensive care (ICU). The program provides telehealth check-ins to help with health management, rehabilitation, social support, and care coordination for patients and their fam…

This study is testing a program called 'PICU Up!' that aims to help critically ill children in the intensive care unit recover better. The program bundles together promoting sleep, preventing confusion, and safely reducing sedation to allow kids to start moving and sitting up ear…

This study is testing whether an automated system can better control oxygen levels for hospitalized patients with serious injuries or illnesses. It compares the AI system, which adjusts oxygen flow automatically, to the standard method where nurses manually adjust it. The goal is…

This study is testing a new, more active plan to manage fluid levels in critically ill patients whose kidneys have stopped working and require dialysis. It compares this planned approach to the usual care doctors provide. The goal is to see if carefully controlling fluid buildup …

This study is testing a special virtual reality (VR) program designed to help patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). The program aims to provide mental exercises and emotional support to make the ICU stay more comfortable and to improve patients' memory, thinking skills, and …

This study is testing a new 'Comfort Care Package' designed to reduce stress and improve comfort for patients in intensive care units (ICUs). The package is being compared to standard ICU care in 88 patients in Turkey. Researchers hope that by making patients more comfortable, it…

This study is testing whether doing computerized brain training exercises in the morning or late afternoon works better for older adults recovering from a stay in the intensive care unit (ICU). Researchers want to see if the timing of these exercises can help improve thinking ski…

This study is testing whether adding electrical muscle stimulation to standard bike exercises helps intensive care patients recover faster. Researchers are comparing two groups of 24 stable ICU patients: one doing bike exercises alone, and another doing bike exercises plus muscle…

This study aims to understand how common severe muscle loss (sarcopenia) is in ICU patients who need breathing machines for more than two days. Researchers will measure muscle mass and strength when patients enter the ICU and track if they develop additional weakness during their…

This study aims to understand if measuring thigh muscle thickness with a simple, bedside ultrasound scan can help predict frailty, malnutrition risk, and length of hospital stay in elderly patients who are critically ill. Researchers will observe 80 patients aged 65 and over in a…

This study aims to understand the attitudes of Swedish pediatric intensive care doctors when making the difficult decision to stop or not start life-sustaining treatments for critically ill children. Researchers are surveying 100 doctors working in Swedish intensive care units. T…

This study looks back at the medical records of 1,500 critically ill patients to understand if having a 'do not resuscitate' order is connected to a higher chance of dying. Researchers will check if this link holds true even after considering factors like the patient's age, sex, …

This study aims to measure how much energy bedridden patients on breathing machines use during standard physical therapy in the ICU. Researchers will monitor 40 critically ill adults using a special device on their ventilator that tracks oxygen use. The goal is to understand the …

This study aims to understand the long-term physical and mental health challenges faced by people who survive severe COVID-19 with respiratory failure. Researchers will follow 500 patients for up to a year after leaving the hospital, comparing them to other ICU patients without C…

This study aims to understand why many people develop long-term thinking and memory problems after surviving a serious injury and ICU stay. Researchers are following 432 trauma patients to see how factors like confusion in the hospital (delirium) and body-wide inflammation affect…

This study aims to understand the long-term health of people who were critically ill with COVID-19 and needed intensive care in Sweden. Researchers are tracking the survival and new heart or lung problems in over 7,500 patients for up to a year after their ICU stay. They are also…

This study aims to better understand the long-term health of people who survive a long stay in the intensive care unit (ICU). Researchers will closely monitor 100 former ICU patients to see how their kidney function, muscle mass, and bone health change over time. The goal is to g…

This study aims to understand how the community of bacteria in the gut changes when a person is critically ill in the hospital. Researchers will collect stool samples from 500 adult patients in the intensive care unit and track their health for a year after discharge. The goal is…

This study is creating and testing an Italian version of a tool that measures how well intensive care patients can move. Researchers will use the tool with 100 ICU patients to see if it accurately tracks mobility recovery. The goal is to help healthcare workers better assess pati…

This study is testing a new digital platform designed to improve how patient information is shared when someone is transferred between different hospitals. The goal is to make sure doctors at the receiving hospital have all the necessary details to provide safe, continuous care. …

This study aims to understand the link between nutritional status and frailty in older patients who are critically ill and in the intensive care unit (ICU). Researchers will observe 100 patients over 65 to see if standard nutrition scores can help predict their health outcomes. T…

This study aims to understand why some people who survive serious illness in intensive care units (ICUs) later develop problems with memory and thinking similar to dementia. Researchers will follow 567 new ICU patients and some previous study participants for up to 12 years, usin…

This study aims to understand if being physically active while in the hospital helps older adults recover better after a life-threatening illness. Researchers are tracking 312 patients with conditions like sepsis to see how their activity levels relate to their physical and menta…

This study is testing whether giving extra amino acids (the building blocks of protein) through an IV can help critically ill patients in the ICU shift their bodies from breaking down muscle to building it up. Researchers will measure protein balance and look for molecular signal…