The use of non-invasive ventilation immediately after extubation to improve the weaning outcome in acute respiratory failure
Completed
- Conditions
- Acute respiratory failureRespiratoryRespiratory failure, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN41524441
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of São Paulo Medical School (Brazil)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients aged 18 years or older, either sex
2. Need more than three days of mechanical ventilation administered by orotracheal intubation because of acute respiratory failure
3. Weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation using intensive care unit (ICU) weaning protocol
4. Absence of contraindications for the use of non-invasive ventilation
Exclusion Criteria
1. Less than 18 years of age
2. Pregnancy
3. Patients refusal to participate in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Decrement in the need of re-intubation, measured within 48 hours of extubation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Decrement of ICU length of stay<br>2. Decrement of hospital mortality