Status:

COMPLETED

Hyperventilation in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury

Lead Sponsor:

University of Zurich

Conditions:

Head Injury Trauma

Hyperventilation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Elevated intracranial pressure is a dangerous and potentially fatal complication after traumatic brain injury. Hyperventilation is a medical intervention to reduce elevated intracranial pressure by in...

Detailed Description

In patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), and with intracranial pressure-monitoring, brain tissue oxygen tension and/or microdialysis probes hyperventilation-tests are performed in the acu...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • nonpenetrating traumatic brain injury
  • Glasgow coma scale \<9 at presentation
  • Intracranial pressure monitoring
  • brain tissue oxygen tension monitoring and/or microdialysis monitoring
  • invasive mechanical ventilation with FIO2 \<60% and PEEP \<15 mbar

Exclusion

  • decompressive craniectomy
  • pregnancy
  • pre-existing neurological disease
  • previous traumatic brain injury
  • acute cardiovascular disease
  • severe respiratory failure
  • acute on chronic liver disease
  • sepsis
  • failure to obtain satisfactory bilateral TCCD signals
  • persisting hypovolemia or hemodynamic instability

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 20 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 2 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

11 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03822026

Start Date

May 20 2014

End Date

May 2 2017

Last Update

January 30 2019

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University Hospital Zurich

Zurich, Switzerland, 8006