Status:
COMPLETED
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure and Oxygen Concentration on Measurement of Rapid Shallow Breathing Index
Lead Sponsor:
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Conditions:
Acute Respiratory Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
To compare the rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI) values, the incidence of adverse reactions, and the predictive accuracy measured under 5 different ventilator strategies in the same patient group.
Detailed Description
98 ready for weaning patients were included and divided into success (n=71) and failure (n=27) groups based upon their weaning outcome. Before weaning, the RSBI values were determined under the patien...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- intubated medical patients with mechanically ventilated more than 48 hours
- clinically ready for weaning
- Glasgow coma scales were at least 8
- their ventilator settings were: assist-controlled, pressure support (PS)or synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation plus PS mode, FiO2 40% or less, positive end-expiratory pressure 5 cm H2O or less, and sensitivity setting on 1 L/min. Their arterial blood gases results were acceptable
Exclusion
- having ongoing lung or neuromuscular disease and signs of increased intracranial pressure
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2004
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
98 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00632320
Start Date
October 1 2004
End Date
August 1 2005
Last Update
March 10 2008
Active Locations (1)
Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.
1
Respiratory Therapy Intensive Care Unit, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan, 112