IC-GLOSSARI (The Intensive Care GLObal Study on Severe Acute Respiratory Infection) is a multicentre, prospective, observational,14-day inception cohort study designed and conducted by the ESICM Trials Group to investigate the epidemiology and microbiology profiles of ICU-SARI, document commonly used treatment and monitoring strategies, measure current outcomes and identify potential topics for multidisciplinary studies ranging from interventional clinical trials to fundamental mechanisms of disease.
This study was performed over 4 weeks. Data was collected during two weeks, one week in November 2013 and one week in January 2014 and it sought to answer the following questions:
The Intensive Care Global Study on Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (IC-GLOSSARI): a multicenter, multinational, 14-day inception cohort study. Intensive Care Med. 2016 May;42(5):817-28. doi: 10.1007/s00134-015-4206-2. Epub 2016 Feb 15.