Overview

Efficacy and Safety of Monotherapy With Noradrenaline and Terlipressin in Patients of Cirrhosis With Septic Shock Admitted to Intensive Care Unit

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2014-09-01

Target enrollment:

Participant gender:

Summary

The Patient evaluated in Emergency room since admission and detailed history and clinical examination done .The in hospital cases where sepsis is the culprit and shifted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in view of septic shock were included since onset of shock. Initial fluid resuscitation done and if the patient were no fluid responsive they were randomized into arms noradrenaline or terlipressin and the dose escalated to achieve the primary objectives. At the same time the strict vitals monitoring and standard medical therapy for sepsis including antibiotics and other supportive therapy continued. The patients were followed up till discharge, death or up to 28days after enrollment into the protocol (whichever the longest). The detail methodology has been explained in column 14 later.

Phase:

N/A

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India

Treatments:

Lypressin
Norepinephrine
Terlipressin