Status:
UNKNOWN
Bronchoscopy in Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Respiratory Intensive Care Unit
Lead Sponsor:
Assiut University
Conditions:
Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
Evaluate the diagnostic and therapeutic role of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in management of patients with lower respiratory tract infection in Respiratory Intensive Care Unit of Assiut University Hospita...
Detailed Description
Since its introduction in daily medical practice in the late 20th century, fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) has had an increasing role in the everyday life of the pulmonologist. Not only for diagnosis, b...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult patients \> 18 years old in R.I.C.U who are on mechanical ventilator or high flow nasal cannula oxygen with lower respiratory tract infection or who show atelectasis on CXR in which the standard therapy failed will be included in this study
Exclusion
- Severely hypoxemic patients under high-FiO2 support and/or high PEEP, if the patient is unable to keep oxygen saturation \>90% with an FiO2 of 0.9-1.0 or a PaO2/FiO2 ratio of \<100, Severe acidosis, Ph\<7,2
- Presence of pneumothorax
- Active bronchospasm.
- Patients with acute coronary problems, such as acute arrhythmia, acute myocardial infarction or ongoing hemodynamic instability, under vasoactive therapy.
- patients with known intracranial hypertension
- patients have coagulation abnormalities, such as thrombocytopenia or elevated prothrombin time
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2021
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 1 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03846401
Start Date
May 1 2021
End Date
May 1 2023
Last Update
May 11 2020
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