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Filter by:The goal of this research study is to assess the FDA approved technique for inserting a feeding tube (gastrostomy) along with a breathing tube (tracheostomy) for patients that cannot breathe or eat on their own in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit). All subjects in the study will receive a tracheostomy, but each patient will be randomly assigned a common method for gastrostomy placement. The placement of the tube and tracheostomy will occur as part of normal clinical practice. Researchers will compare subjects in the control group and the intervention group to evaluate the benefits of performing a tracheostomy and gastrostomy tube at the same time. Researchers will also evaluate the likelihood of the PUG procedure decreasing a patient's length of stay in the ICU.
This study aims to evaluate the use of POCUS to assess diaphragmatic function and its association with clinical outcomes in patients with respiratory failure who are admitted to the emergency department.
A randomized, double-Blind, placebo-controlled trial aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of sivelestat on treating adult patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
The goal of this study is to design a pilot trial evaluating the safety, feasibility, pharmacokinetic modeling, and physiological effects of a volatile anesthetic, sevoflurane, directly administered in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machines.
This is a prospective, multinational, multicentre, randomised, parallel-group, open-label study to assess the safety, tolerability and performance of the NucleoCapture extracorporeal apheresis device in the reduction of circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA)/Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) in sepsis patients.
Investigation Device: EZVent Ventilator System is designed for respiratory support in hospitalized mechanical ventilated patients. The Ventilator is designed to be used for adults patients. It is designed to be a stationary product suitable for service in hospitals, critical care situations to provide continuous positive pressure respiratory support to the patient. The ventilator met EDA, ISO 80601-2-12 requirements on essential performance of critical care ventilator and other applicable international standards. Study Title: Open-labeled, non-randomized, self-controlled study to evaluate the safety and performance of EZVent in hospitalized mechanically ventilated patients. Investigational Device EZVent Ventilator System. Purpose: Evaluation of the safety and performance of EZVent in hospitalized mechanically ventilated patients. Objectives: Evaluation of the safety and performance of EZVent through monitoring the vital signs and arterial blood gases (ABG) in comparison to a commercial ventilator.
Weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) constitutes a fundamental procedure in intensive care, covering up to 50% of time spent on ventilation (1). Endotracheal tube (ETT) removal might be an important but delicate step in intensive care setting. Failure and subsequent need for re-intubation can occur in up to 20% of cases leading to a significant increase in mortality rates (24%), longer hospital stay and prolonged need for ventilation. Comorbidities such as obesity, COPD and cardiac related diseases might further increase this risk reaching up to 60% of failure in extubation. In this scenario, accurate predictors of weaning failure are far welcomed. The recurrence of respiratory failure after extubation might considerably raise rates of failure, probably due to increased work of breathing in patients after ETT removal. Most recent guidelines on the use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) suggest using NIV after ETT removal in subjects with high risk of failure. NIV could contribute to reduce work of breathing hence preventing the onset of respiratory failure after extubation. Therefore, measuring inspiratory effort and its variation in weaned patients might help in identifying patients with significant risk of failing extubation. Esophageal pressure swings (DeltaPES) can be measured through a nasogastric tube with a pressure transducer located in the inferior part of the esophagus. DeltaPES is an extremely precise and accurate method to quantify inspiratory effort, however its use in daily clinical practice is limited due to the invasive nature of the maneuver, elevated costs and need for considerable clinical training of operators. Physiological studies have shown a correlation between nasal pressure measured at nostril entrance and esophageal pressure (which in turn is a measure of respiratory effort . Therefore, measuring nasal pressure could represent a method to quantify inspiratory effort non-invasively, proving to be useful in daily clinical practice.
Assessment of usability, perceived comfort and performance of a NIV mask in the hospital environment.
Tracheal intubation (TI) is associated with a high risk of adverse events in critically ill patients and peri-intubation hemodynamic collapse is the most commonly observed. The primary aim of the PREVENTION trial is to compare the effect of the pre-emptive use of noradrenaline versus no peri-intubation use of noradrenaline on incidence of cardiovascular collapse following TI in adult critically ill patients. Patients with absolute indication or contraindication to vasopressor support will be excluded from this trial. Patients will be randomized 1:1 to a continuous infusion of noradrenaline started before induction titrated according to baseline mean arterial pressure. The primary outcome will be the incidence of cardiovascular collapse. Secondary outcomes will include lowest systolic blood pressure and cardiac arrest within 30 minutes from intubation.
In the prehospital setting, the risk of difficult intubation and life-threatening complications is increased under particular conditions due to the environment or the frequent instability of patients. To limit this risk procedures and devices to ease and secure tracheal intubation must be developped and integrated. As the prevalence of complications increase with the number of attempts of intubation, one strategy is to facilitate the intubation technic itself. Direct laryngoscopy with Macintosh blades is the standard device commonly used in first place for tracheal intubation. Other devices are available and used, mostly for difficult intubation, included videolaryngoscopy. This device has been used and studied for years now. Allowing a better view and glottic visualisation, videolaryngoscopy could increase the first-pass success rate. Among all videolaryngoscopes, the McGrath videolaryngoscope is the most similar device to the standard Macintosh laryngoscope. It is light, compact, with a screen directly linked to the handle, easy to use and offering excellent view. Its usability and efficacy make it a device of choice for the prehospital setting and worth further clinical trials to define its place in the airway strategy. Hypothesis: In the prehospital setting, the use of McGrath videolaryngoscope as the primary device for tracheal intubation could facilitate tracheal intubation and decrease the number of attempts of intubation and complications. The objective of our study is to determine if the use of McGrath videolaryngoscope increase the rate of successful first-pass intubation in the prehospital setting compared to direct view Macintosh laryngoscopy. The primary outcome is the rate of successful intubation at the first attempt. One attempt is defined as an advancement of the tube towards the glottis during a laryngoscopy ; every new try even during the same laryngoscopy is considered as a new attempt. Successful intubation is confirmed by the visualisation of 6 waves of EtCO2.