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Realities, Expectations and Attitudes to Life Support Technologies in Intensive Care for Octogenarians:

NCT01293708 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1504

Last updated 2020-12-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to understand the realities, expectations and attitudes of patients 80+ and their families about the use of life-sustaining technology, and to document the patient outcomes and family experiences associated with surviving and not surviving critical illness. Specifically in this project the investigators will determine the real outcomes of critical illness experienced by octogenarians.

Conditions

  • Critically Ill

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Daren K. Heyland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daren Heyland, MD · Clinical Evaluation Research Unit,, Kingston General Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2013-02-28
Completion
2013-02-28

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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