Measurements of major respiratory muscle by ultrasonography for separation from artificial ventilation machine in patients with hospital acquired pneumonia
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: J189- Pneumonia, unspecified organism
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/09/021292
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Mohammad Hashim
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Patients aged >= 18 years with nosocomial pneumonia and on Mechanical Ventilation for more than 24 hours and satisfying conventional criteria for ready to wean from ventilator and undergoing for Spontaneous breathing trial
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients aged < 18 years, ventilated for less than 24 h
2. Patients with pre-existing diaphragm disease or any neuromuscular disorder.
3. Patients with increased intra-abdominal pressure
4. Patients with any breach in skin preventing DUS examinations in Sub-costal area
5. Phrenic nerve palsy
6. Pregnancy
7. Morbid obesity (BMI >40).
8. Patients deteriorated after 30 minutes of application of SBT.
9. Patientâ??s kin refusal to provide informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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