ACTRN12610001089022
Completed
N/A
In patients requiring mechanical ventilation for 7 days or longer, is inspiratory muscle training superior to standard physiotherapy in reducing the degree of residual inspiratory muscle weakness or enhancing quality of life measures?
Bernie Bissett0 sites140 target enrollmentDecember 13, 2010
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Inspiratory muscle weakness associated with long-term (> 7 days) ventilator dependence
- Sponsor
- Bernie Bissett
- Enrollment
- 140
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •All patients admitted to ICU who:
- •\- are mechanically ventilated for 7days or longer
- •\- are aged 16 years or older
- •\- are alert and able to co\-operate with training
- •\- are able to provide informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients will be excluded from the study if they are:
- •\- age \< 16 years
- •\- unwilling to consent
- •\- previously included in the study
- •\- pregnant
- •\- mechanically ventilated less than 7days
- •\- not alert or able to co\-operate with training
- •\- not able to provide informed consent
- •\- requiring high levels of ventilatory support (eg PEEP \> 15 cmH20, FiO2 \> 0\.60\) where the treating team (medical and / or physiotherapy) deems risks of brief disconnection from ventilation unacceptable
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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