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Comparison of removal of a patient from ventilator by giving external positive pressure before disconnecting and removing the endotracheal tube with the traditional method of endotracheal tube removal without giving external positive pressure in Critically Ill Patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Health Condition 1: - Health Condition 2: O- Medical and Surgical
Registration Number
CTRI/2020/02/023166
Lead Sponsor
ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES NEW DELHI
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
70
Inclusion Criteria

Patients mechanically ventilated with an endotracheal tube for at least 72 hours

Patients deemed fit for extubation by the following criteria or by the physicians discretion

PaO2 greater than or equal to 60 mm Hg on FIO2 lesser than or equal to 50 percentage

SaO2 greater than or equal to 90% on FIO2 lesser than or equal to 50 percentage

pH greater than or equal to 7.32 or a decrease in pH less than 0.07 from baseline of SBT

Rapid shallow breathing index less than 105 breaths per min per Litre

Respiratory rate less than or equal to 35 breaths per min or increase less than 50 percentage from baseline of SBT

Hemodynamically stable patient

Successful T-piece or Pressure support ventilation trial for 30 minutes

Exclusion Criteria

Patients planned in advance to be extubated directly to NIV or High flow nasal cannula

Patients with severe asthma bullous lung disease or severe emphysematous lung disease

Patients with suspected raised ICP

Patients with a poor GCS of less than 8

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Comparison of lung aeration of patients who undergo traditional extubation with those undergoing positive pressure extubation using lung ultrasound.Timepoint: End of SBT <br/ ><br>30 Mins Post Extubation <br/ ><br>6 Hours Post Extubation <br/ ><br>24 Hours Post Extubation
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in lung ultrasound scores pre and post extubation in the two groupsTimepoint: End of SBT <br/ ><br>30 Mins Post Extubation <br/ ><br>6 Hours Post Extubation <br/ ><br>24 Hours Post Extubation;Change in the A-aO2 gradient pre and post extubation in the two groupsTimepoint: End Of SBT <br/ ><br>1 Hour Post Extubation;Chest X-ray findings between the two groupsTimepoint: Before Extubation <br/ ><br>24 Hours Post Extubation;ICU free days and Reintubation rates between the two groupsTimepoint: ICU free days at 28 days <br/ ><br>Reintubation rates at 72 hours and 28 days;Incidence of adverse clinical events between the two groupsTimepoint: Extubation failure within 48 hours <br/ ><br>Desaturation within 48 hours <br/ ><br>New onset bronchospasm within 48 hours <br/ ><br>Tachypnea within 30 minutes <br/ ><br>Tachycardia within 30 minutes <br/ ><br>Hypertension within 30 minutes <br/ ><br>Pneumonia within 48 hours <br/ ><br>
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