Effect of VAPcare in prevention of pneumonia in patient admitted with ventilator
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/11/021928
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr D Vimal Bhardwaj
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patient aged more than or equal to 18 years, both the genders in the emergency and medical/surgical intensive care units.
2. Requiring artifical ventilation for more than 48 hours
3. Subject or legally authorized representative/patient relative willing to provide written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
1.A regular ET tube without continuous aspiration of subglottic secretion port
2. A previous diagnosis of
a. Pulmonary tuberculosis
b. Bronchopneumonia
c. HIV
d. Ventricular fibrillation
e. Cardiac arrest
f. Bleeding disorders/ on oral anticoagulants
g. Pregnancy
h. Head/ neck/ facial injuries
3. Tracheostomy at the time of admission
4. Patients enrolled for another clinical study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method