View clinical trials related to Respiratory Failure.
Filter by:Patients with chronic respiratory failure such as those associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS), Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) or Neuromuscular Disease (NMD) are increasingly managed with domiciliary non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV). The aim of this study is to now compare the Automatic Expiratory Positive Airway Pressure (AutoEPAP) algorithm with a fixed manual EPAP in iVAPS mode on an Astral mixed mode ventilator. It is proposed that the automatic settings of AutoEPAP will be as effective at managing respiratory failure and upper airway obstruction (UAO) as manual EPAP on the Astral device. Specifically demonstrating that the AutoEPAP function is as effective at treating UAO as manual EPAP.
The purpose of this study is to collect physiologic data from patients with severe brain injury who require mechanical ventilation in order to describe the impact of ventilation, specifically positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP), on intracranial pressure (ICP).
Summary: Emerging data demonstrate long-term morbidity and mortality in those who survive critical illness. However, there is no data regarding long-term follow-up for ICU survivors. The investigators have begun the implementation of an ICU recovery clinic. Rationale: ICU survivors are at high risk for functional, cognitive and psychiatric impairments. However, methods to mitigate these impairments and improve recovery are lacking. Special follow-up clinics for survivors of critical illness have been proposed and implemented to some degree, but are uncommon.
According to literature data, Endocan can detect the onset of respiratory failure. The investigators aim to prove its value also for cardiac surgery patients.
Despite the known complications of immobility for ICU patients, compliance to mobility protocols is lacking in many institutions. Significant barriers have been described to compliance to up in chair and weight bearing orders in the ICU. Recent studies indicate that if progressive mobility is performed for acutely ill ICU patients they may have a reduced ICU length of stay, reduced overall hospital length of stay, incur lower hospital costs, and reduce the rate of some medical complications and increase functionality post ICU discharge. The current protocol seeks to understand whether or not the TotalCare® P500 Bed System and the Liko Lift can remove some of the barriers associated with progressive mobility compliance.
This study aims to test direct application of the Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation -NIVM- mask or interface as the most efficient intervention to prevent Pressure Ulcers (PU), compared with other three usual preventive measures which consist in the use of three different medical devices.
Experimental animal data suggest that increasing breathing pattern variability in mechanical ventilation could be beneficial. Variable ventilation can be induced through the following modes: Neurally Adjust Ventilatory Assist (NAVA), Proportional Assist Ventilation (PAV) and Variable-Pressure Support Ventilation (V-PSV). These modes have not yet been compared to each other. Pilot observations in our department suggest a feasibility in patients. The objectives of the study are to compare the impact of PSV, NAVA, PAV and V-PSV on the variability of the breathing pattern, patient-ventilator asynchrony, risk of lung overdistension, gas exchange, and repartition of ventilation.
The use of a written, pre-procedure checklist and positioning the patient with the head of the bed elevated have been proposed as interventions capable of preventing complications during non-elective intubation and are used intermittently in routine care -- however neither have been examined in a prospective trial.
This study evaluates the work of breathing among healthy subjects under various conditions of treatment with high flow nasal cannulas. Ten subjects will be included. The design of this study is a cross over of five treatment periods with different flow settings.
This study evaluates the work of breathing among patients under various conditions of treatment with high flow nasal cannulas. Sixteen spontaneously breathing patients with respiratory failure (hypercapnic or hypoxemic) will be included. The design of this study is a cross over of four treatment periods with different flow settings.