Status:
COMPLETED
Noninvasive Positive Airway Pressure Ventilation and Risk of Facial Pressure Ulcers
Lead Sponsor:
Ospedale S. Giovanni Bosco
Conditions:
Acute Respiratory Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
To assess risk of skin pressure lesions in patients treated with noninvasive mechanical ventilation.
Detailed Description
Noninvasive ventilation improves the outcome of patients with acute respiratory failure; however patient's discomfort may be responsible for up to a fifth of failures. Scant literature exists on NIV-r...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- severe dyspnea at rest
- respiratory rate \> 30 per minute
- PaO2/FiO2 \< 200 (despite oxygen with Venturi with a FiO2 og 0.5)
- use of accessory respiratory muscles
- pH \< 7.35 \> 7.10
Exclusion
- STEMI
- NSTEMI/Unstable angina
- Hemodynamic instability
- Need for immediate endotracheal intubation
- Inability to protect the airways
- Impaired sensorium
- Pulmonary embolism
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Hematological malignancy or neoplasms with ECOG performance status \> 2
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
170 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01828151
Start Date
December 1 2009
End Date
March 1 2013
Last Update
April 10 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Medicina d'Urgenza - Terapia Subintensiva. Ospedale S. Giovanni Bosco
Torino, Torino, Italy, 10154