A randomized clinical trial of the tracheal tube with subglottic secretion drainage for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000003371
- Lead Sponsor
- Chiba hokuso hospital,Nippon medical school
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 240
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1) Patients who are transferred from another hospital and received mechanical ventilation. 2) Patients who received tracheostomy within 72 hours from admission. 3) Patients that it was judged that nasal intubation was necessary 4) Patients who are less than 18 years old. 5) Patients who judged that a medical attendant was inappropriate.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method VAP incidence Episodes of VAP/1000 ventilator days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Twenty eight days mortality, Hospital mortality, Duration of mechanical ventilation, Length of ICU stay, Length of hospital stay, The days from an entry to the VAP onset, Cost effectiveness.