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The aim of the study is to determine if performing an early tracheostomy (within the first 4 days of endotracheal intubation) in critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation, reduces the incidence of swallowing dysfunction.


Clinical Trial Description

The development of initial resuscitation maneuvers, associated with a better knowledge of the physiopathology of critical illnesses and the technological development experienced by critical care medicine, allow us to give vital support to patients for long periods of time. In this scenario, a considerable proportion of critically ill patients may require translaryngeal intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation. Patients who require prolonged translaryngeal intubation have a high risk of developing swallowing dysfunction, a condition predisposing to secretions aspiration. Until now, there has been no demonstration of a causal association between the duration of translaryngeal intubation and development of swallowing dysfunction. However, all the studies about this topic have been performed on patients submitted to prolonged translaryngeal intubation. Clinical studies have documented the development of early laryngotracheal lesions after intubation, which might explain post extubation dysfunction of swallowing reflex, probably as consequence of alteration of mechanic and chemo-receptors of the pharyngeal and laryngeal mucosa. There are no studies evaluating the impact of an early percutaneous tracheostomy on the incidence of swallowing dysfunction in critical care patients. The investigators have documented a 38% of swallowing dysfunction in our critically ill patients submitted to prolonged mechanical ventilation. The hypothesis of the study is that performance of an early percutaneous tracheostomy, within the first 4 days of translaryngeal intubation, in critical care patients on mechanical ventilation, reduces the incidence of swallowing dysfunction. The diagnosis of swallowing dysfunction will be performed by fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) by a trained otolaryngologist, 3 to 5 days after weaning of mechanical ventilation. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention


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NCT number NCT01268423
Study type Interventional
Source University of Chile
Contact Carlos M Romero, MD
Phone 0562 - 9788264
Email caromero@redclinicauchile.cl
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 3
Start date January 2011
Completion date June 2012

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