The INTOXICATE study: methodology and preliminary results of a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is currently no practice-based, multicenter database of poisoned patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). The INTOXICATE study, endorsed by the ESICM and EAPCCT, aimed to determine the rate of eventful admissions among acutely intoxicated adult ICU patients.

Methods

Ethical approval was obtained for this multicenter, prospective observational study, and data-sharing agreements were signed with each participating center. An electronic case report form was used to collect data on patient demographics, exposure, clinical characteristics, investigations, treatment, and in-hospital mortality data. The primary outcome, 'eventful admission', was a composite outcome defined as the rate of patients who received any of the following treatments in the first 24

SUBMITTER: Zwaag SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11430428 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature