sefulness of lung scan in diagnosing and monitoring pneumonia developing in ventilated patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: J168- Pneumonia due to other specified infectious organismsHealth Condition 2: J189- Pneumonia, unspecified organism
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/10/046326
- Lead Sponsor
- IMS and SUM Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Age � 18 Years
Patients requiring mechanical ventilation > 48 hours
Exclusion Criteria
Age < 18 Years
Patient who did not require mechanical ventilation
Patients who were not requiring intubation for > 48 hours
Patients who died within 48 hours of intubation
Patients who had any contraindications to mini-BAL
Patients with burns over chest, chest dressings causing hinderance to do ultrasonography
Pregnant patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess whether lung ultrasonography is helpful for early diagnosis of VAP as compared to diagnosis based on clinical parameters by treating physician.Timepoint: Till 5 days from the diagnosis of VAP by lung USG
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1) To evaluate the lung ultrasound re aeration score as a parameter for monitoring of VAP (Resolution/Worsening) <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>2) To evaluate the correlation of lung ultrasound re aeration score (Resolution/Worsening) trend with survival at 28 days, length of ICU stay till death or discharge, days on invasive mechanical ventilation support, and days on vasopressor therapy <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 28 days