Occurrence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Italian ICU Using Cuffed Tracheostomy Tubes With Subglottic Secretion Drainage — VICTOR  

Respiratory Failure Clinical Trial

Official title: Occurrence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in Italian ICU Using Cuffed Tracheostomy Tubes With Subglottic Secretion Drainage: a Prospective Observational Study.

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a serious complication and carries increased risks of morbidity and mortality for patients who require mechanical ventilation.

VAP is associated with the contamination and colonization of bacteria in the lower airway. These bacteria may be present in the lower airway by the aspiration of oropharyngeal secretions. Therefore limiting the amount of secretions that pass the glottis and enter the airway is paramount.

Patients who require prolonged mechanical ventilation may have a tracheostomy tube placed to manage breathing. These tubes may have a distal cuff which sits within the trachea. When the cuff is inflated, oropharyngeal secretions will pool above the cuff of the tracheostomy tube thereby limiting the amount of secretions entering the lower airway. These secretions may leak around the cuff and cause tracheobronchial colonization. It has been shown that removal of secretions that pool above the cuff via dorsal lumen suction leads to a decreased incidence of VAP.

The purpose of this study is to measure the effect of suction above the cuff tracheostomy tubes related to VAP incidence

Clinical Trial Description

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pneumonia
• Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
• Respiratory Failure
• Respiratory Insufficiency

• NCT number: NCT02223988
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Turin, Italy
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2014
• Completion date: July 2016