Effectiveness of multi-channel direct current stimulation applied to the scalp on weaning from the ventilator in critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure

Not Applicable

Conditions: Diseases of the respiratory system

Registration Number: KCT0008232

Lead Sponsor: CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SEJONG HOSPITA

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ot yet recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 72

Inclusion Criteria

? Patients aged 19 years or older admitted to an intensive care unit
? If a specialist diagnoses the acute respiratory failure
? Patients who received invasive mechanical ventilation for more than 24 hours

Exclusion Criteria

? Pregnant women
? A condition in which respiratory muscle training is impossible due to neuropathy or congenital muscle disease
? Brain death
? Patients with severe traumatic brain injury
? Patients with brain lesions (infarction and hemorrhage in the brain stem) that can affect breathing capacity
? Patients with a history of epilepsy/seizures
? Patients with intracranial metal implants (coils, clips, etc.)
? Patients with implanted cardiac pacemakers
? Patients who did not consent to this study
? If a neurologist or psychiatrist has diagnosed cognitive dysfunction
? If the diaphragm is dysfunctional due to diaphragmatic trauma or hernia
? Patients with chest trauma, multiple trauma or general burns, open thorax or open heart surgery
? Terminally ill patients with severe cachexia or less than 12 months of life expectancy
? Patients with chronic respiratory failure using a home ventilator
? Patients using an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional Study

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mechanical ventilation application period

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Richmond Agitation-sedation Scale;Medical Research Council sum score;Grip strength;Functional Status Score for the Intensive Care Unit;The Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit;Korean Hamilton Depression Rating Scale;Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale;Impact of Events Scale-Revised ;Geriatric Depression Scale-short form ;Depression Anxiety Stress Scale ;Peak expiratory flow;EuroQol-5D-5L; Maximal inspiratory pressure;Maximal expiratory pressure;6-minute walk test