Clinical Trial: Impact of Age on Mortality in Critically Ill Adult Patients in Nepal- a Single Center Retrospective Study of 5 Years.

U.S., March 22 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06888206) titled 'Impact of Age on Mortality in Critically Ill Adult Patients in Nepal- a Single Center Retrospective Study of 5 Years.' on March 15.

Brief Summary: Rationale: Age is often considered a strong factor that determines the outcomes in critically ill patients. In a resource limited low middle income country (LMIC) like Nepal, the age factor is often considered when making treatment decisions by family especially when considering limiting treatment modalities. Whether or not this consideration of age for outcome prediction is appropriate however is a different discussion especially considering the fact that actual data from Nepalese ICUs ...