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Filter by:Measuring bedside occlusion pressure in neurosurgical or surgical critically ill patients could tell us about the patient's respiratory drive, and therefore, tell us whether or not extubation will be successful.
Chronic lung conditions such as smoking related lung damage lead to breathing fail. This results in accumulation of gases such as carbon-di-oxide in the body especially during periods of illness known as exacerbation. Current management of carbon-di-oxide accumulation is administration of oxygen, nebulisers, antibiotics etc and if necessary, provide a tight fitting mask around the face to provide breathing support. If this fails, then a patient is placed on a mechanical ventilator. The tight fitting mask therapy is also called non-invasive ventilation and is used widely but patients acceptability of the therapy is limited. Providing a high flow of air with some oxygen could potentially provide the same benefit of the non-invasive ventilation and may also be better accepted by patients. Currently the knowledge and evidence from studies suggest a beneficial role for this high flow therapy but this has not been investigated in well designed studies. In the proposed study we aim to investigate whether use of the high flow therapy reduces the need for non-invasive ventilation in patients who present with a recent onset accumulation of carbon-di-oxide in their body due to long-term lung disease. If this shows benefit, it will lead to a bigger trial with patient benefiting by reduction in the non-invasive ventilation or indeed a need for an invasive breathing machine.
This Randomized Control Trial (RCT) proposes combination of extracorporeal cytokine removal by plasma exchange (PLEX) and additional infusion of convalescent plasma (CCP) collected from COVID-19 recovered individuals at the end of the PLEX procedure. The combination of cytokine removal by PLEX and CCP infusion is in onvestigators opinion more rational compared to CCP infusion alone and as such probably more effective in reducing the duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay in the intensive care unit, and potentially also mortality.
The investigators hypothesize that a simple 3-point tracking device that uses motion sensors attached to the abdomen and chest of a child will provide information regarding thoracoabdominal asynchrony (TAA), a major component of respiratory distress, and ultimately help guide a clinician to initiate, escalate, de-escalate, or stop respiratory support interventions. AIMS To determine if the TAA-monitoring device can be used to detect differences in respiratory synchrony in a manner that is clinically applicable. The investigators hope that the device will detect 1) major asynchrony events in a timely manner so as to prompt clinician intervention during future use; and 2) asynchrony events that may be less visible to the naked eye that may be precursors to more severe events.
One hundred patients hospitalized and in need of oxygen treatment due to Covid-19 should be randomized and 50% treated with 200 ml convalescent plasma x 3 and 50% given ordinary treatment. Primary outcome is number of days the patients need oxygen within 28 days from inclusion. Secondary outcome is number of days in hospital, number of days in respirator and mortality. Side effects of treatment is monitored.
SARS-CoV-2, one of a family of human coronaviruses, was initially identified in December 2019 in Wuhan city. This new coronavirus causes a disease that has now been named COVID-19. The virus has subsequently spread throughout the world and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation on 11th March 2020. As of April 1, 2020, there are 874.081 numbers of confirmed cases with 43.290 fatalities. There is no approved therapy for COVID-19 and the current standard of care is supportive treatment. Key markers implying a fatal outcome are acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)-like disease with pronounced dyspnea, hypoxia and radiological changes in the lung. Senicapoc improves oxygenation and reduces fluid retention, inflammation, and bleeding in the lungs of mice with ARDS-like disease. In cells, there is an antiviral effect of senicapoc.
The investigators seek to evaluate if the ultra-sound measure of the diaphragm expansion is predictive of admission into an ICU and/or intubation for patients with COPD. Every patient coming to the ER with shortness of breath and a known or suspected COPD, will undergo standard of care associated with a diaphragm ultrasound. The investigators will then gather, through the internal databases of the recruiting hospitals, information about admission into ICU and/or intubation. The investigators think that this technique will help improve early detection of COPD patient requiring mechanical ventilation, using ultrasound, a non invasive technique.
Early mobilization in Ventilated sEpsis & acute Respiratory failure Study: EVER Study
To evaluate the use of Life2000® Ventilator, a novel proportional open ventilation system in critical care use of acute onset of respiratory failure (ARF) and mild to moderate forms of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in COVID-19 patients and its ability to provide effective ventilatory benefits and or delay patients from progressing to more aggressive forms of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV).
It is widely described in the literature that exercise training improves patients' exercise tolerance, quality of life, symptoms, anxiety and depression, regardless of the location. Despite overwhelming evidence of the benefits of exercise training, only a very small percentage of eligible people have ever completed a program. Alternative modes of exercise training are needed to improve equity of access for patients with chronic respiratory disease. So TeleRehabilitation, using information and communication technologies to provide distance exercise training services, may be an answer.