Effects of high-intensity noninvasive positive pressure ventilation on minute ventilation in stable hypercapnic COPD

Not Applicable

• Conditions: J96.1; J44.81; Chronic respiratory failure

• Registration Number: DRKS00000639
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinik Freiburg, Abeilung Pneumologie

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-01-17
• Study Completion: 2011-09-10
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 28

Inclusion Criteria

patients with chronic respiratory failure using noninvasive ventilation for more than 2 months

Exclusion Criteria

acute exazerbation (> 2 of the following signs: infiltrates in chest x-ray, increase of CRP or leukocytes, yellow or green sputum, fever

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
minute ventilation during different modes of ventilation measured with pneumotachograph

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
respiratory rate, ventilation pressure