Status:

COMPLETED

Enhancing Utilization of Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Critical Care

Lead Sponsor:

Tufts Medical Center

Conditions:

COPD

Congestive Heart Failure

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIV) refers to the provision of mechanical ventilation without an artificial airway (for example, an endotracheal tube). Over the past decade, evidence from...

Detailed Description

Project Focus The focus of this project is to improve the ventilatory management of patients with acute respiratory failure in the critical care setting by enhancing the use of non-invasive ventilatio...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Starting on mechanical ventilation (including: invasive, noninvasive, CPAP or BiPAP for purpose of treatment of respiratory failure)
  • 18 years of age or older

Exclusion

  • Use of home mechanical ventilation, including nocturnal ventilation, continuous mechanical ventilation,BiPAP.
  • Continuous use of CPAP or BiPAP for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.
  • Placed on mechanical ventilation for purposes of surgical anesthesia or use of anesthesia for a diagnostic procedure.
  • Patient has tracheostomy or was intubated endotracheally prior to admission.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2003

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

800 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00458926

Start Date

November 1 2003

End Date

December 1 2009

Last Update

February 3 2023

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Tufts Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111