High-flow nasal oxygen cannula versus conventional oxygen therapy in patients with acute dyspnea and hypoxemia in emergency room

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Patients presenting with acute dyspnea and hypoxemia in an emergency room; Dyspnea; Hypoxemia; Emergency room; Oxygen therapy

• Registration Number: TCTR20140618002
• Lead Sponsor: Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2012-11-30
• Study Start: 2014-06-18
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

patients aged 18 years or older who develop acute dyspnea with hypoxemia breathing frequency 24 min and oxygen saturation from pulse oximetry SpO2 94 at room air

Exclusion Criteria

1 hemodynamic instability
2 needed invasive mechanical ventilation
3 chronic respiratory failure with long term oxygen supplementation
4 decreased level of consciousness Glasgow Coma Scale 13
5 uncooperative
6 pregnant women

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Benefit of HFNC on breathing frequency 60 minutes breath/minute

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dyspnea level 60 minutes visual analog scale,Patient comfort level 60 minutes visual analog scale,Adverse event 60 minutes number of reported adverse event,Effects on other physiologic parameters 60 minutes mean arterial pressure (mmHg), heart rate (beat/min)