Short PeRiod IncideNce sTudy of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SPRINT-SARI) in Australia

Academic and Clinical Leads:Professor Andrew Udy
Deputy Director, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre

Dr Aidan Burrell
Intensive Care Consultant, Alfred Hospital
Registry contact: Tony Trapani, Research Manager
Phone: +61 3 9903 0347
Email: tony.trapani@monash.edu
Purpose / aims: SPRINT-SARI is an observational study in Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) more specifically COVID-19. SPRINT-SARI (Australia) collects COVID-19 data from the majority of Adult and Paediatric Australian ICUs. It supplies aggregate data to a number of Federal and State authorities to assist with modelling and resource allocation. SPRINT-SARI (Australia) also adds to the global information on COVID-19 via links to the International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infection Consortium.
Population captured: COVID-19 patients admitted to ICU
Outcomes collected:
  • clinical severity
  • hospital outcome
  • length of stay in ICU
  • length of stay in hospital
  • human resource utilisation
  • clinical resource utilisation
Year established: 2017
Funding source: Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health
Web page:monash.edu/medicine/sphpm/anzicrc/research/sprint-sari