Randomised trial of nasal mask versus full-face mask for the application of non-invasive ventilation in patients admitted to Queen's Medical Centre with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive airways disease and hypercapnic respiratory failure
Completed
- Conditions
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)RespiratoryOther chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN63026442
- Lead Sponsor
- Record provided by the NHS Trusts Clinical Trials Register - Department of Health (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
Total number of subjects = 50.
Exclusion Criteria
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement of arterial blood gases at 1 h and 4 h, the length of time patients spend on the ventilator in the first 24 h, the comfort of the patient (visual analogue scale) and the survival to discharge.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration