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Single Breath Counting Test for Acute Respiratory Failure in Emergency Department

Recruiting
Conditions
Acute Respiratory Failure
Interventions
Procedure: Oxygen Therapy
Procedure: Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV)
Procedure: Invasive Ventilation
Registration Number
NCT06257784
Lead Sponsor
Azienda Ospedaliera SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo di Alessandria
Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine whether SBCT is a useful tool for diagnosing the main form of failure respiratory acute and to define the SBCT limit associated with insufficiency respiratory in this population, the requirement for NIV or invasive ventilation.

Furthermore, the correlation with the most common scores and indices used in the emergency room will be studied, such as: HACOR, MEW, REMS SCORE, ROS, CURB-65, qSOFA, SEVERITY INDEX OF PNEUMONIA, GWTG HF, LUNG ULTRASOUND SCORE, SINGLE BREATH COUNT

Detailed Description

Single breath counting test (SBCT) is the measurement of how far an individual can count in a normal speaking voice after a maximal effort inspiration. Previous work has demonstrated that SBCT has good correlation with the gold standard measures of pulmonary function test, peak expiratory flow rate and forced expiratory volume in the first second.

The easy of the SBCT makes this test appealing for rapid assessment of respiratory status overall in patients admitted for acute respiratory failure and we hypothesized that it will be valuable, replicable and fast tools for bedside assessment of respiratory function in Emergency Department.

The purpose of the study is to determine whether SBCT is a useful tool for diagnosis of the major form of acute respiratory failure and to define the cut-off limit of SBCT associated to respiratory failure in this population, requirement of NIV or invasive ventilation. Moreover, it will be studied the correlation with the most common scores and indexes used in emergency department like: HACOR, MEW, REMS SCORE, ROS, CURB-65, qSOFA, PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX, GWTG-HF, LUNG ULTRASOUND SCORE, SINGLE BREATH COUNTING TEST

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
600
Inclusion Criteria
  • Any Acute Respiratory Failure
  • SaO2 <92% on air room at ED admission
Exclusion Criteria
  • Age < 18 yo
  • Patients already in NIV AND HCFN in ED
  • Home-oxygen or Home-NIV therapy
  • SpO2 < 80%
  • Severe dyspnea
  • unable to speak complete sentences
  • Uncooperative patients
  • Hemodynamic Instability < 90 mmHg or vasopressor requirement at admission
  • ST Elevation-Miocardial Infarction
  • Tracheo -stomized or -tomized patients
  • End of life

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Acute Respiratory FailureNon-Invasive Ventilation (NIV)Every patient admitted in Emergency department with any acute respiratory failure will be screened according to inclusion and exclusion criteria to being recruited in the study
Acute Respiratory FailureOxygen TherapyEvery patient admitted in Emergency department with any acute respiratory failure will be screened according to inclusion and exclusion criteria to being recruited in the study
Acute Respiratory FailureInvasive VentilationEvery patient admitted in Emergency department with any acute respiratory failure will be screened according to inclusion and exclusion criteria to being recruited in the study
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Single Breath Counting Test (SBCT)Change from Baseline at 3 hours

Determine if SBCT is a useful, fast and reproducible tool for assessing respiratory failure and its severity in the Emergency Department.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Correlation with the main critical illness scoresChange from Baseline at 3 hours

Define the correlation of SBCT with the main critical illness scores

Cut-off limit to initiate appropriate respiratory supportChange from Baseline at 3 hours

Define the cut-off limit to initiate appropriate respiratory support

Correlation with Emergency Room MortalityChange from Baseline at 3 hours

Define the correlation of SBCT with Emergency Room Mortality

SBCT as predictor NIRSChange from Baseline at 3 hours

Define if Single Breath Counting Test (SBCT) could be a predictor of Non-Invasive Respiratory Strategies (NIRS)

Correlation with imagingChange from Baseline at 3 hours

Define the correlation of SBCT with radiographic (infiltrated) and ultrasound imaging

Correlation with the main serum markersChange from Baseline at 3 hours

Define the correlation of SBCT with the main serum markers corresponding to the underlying respiratory failure disorder

Correlation between pulmonary and extrapulmonary causesChange from Baseline at 3 hours

Correlation between pulmonary and extrapulmonary causes

Cut-off limit of SBCTChange from Baseline at 3 hours

Define the cut-off limit, the sensitivity and the specificity of SBCT associated with respiratory failure

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Azienda Ospedaliera SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo

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Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy

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