Breathing Strength and COPD: How Diaphragm Health Affects Treatment Results
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: J99- Respiratory disorders in diseasesclassified elsewhere
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/12/060823
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Amrita Bhattacharya
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
i.Patients admitted with acidotic, hypercarbic COPD exacerbation.
ii. Age > 18 yrs and = 8yrs.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Pre-existing diaphragmatic dysfunction or neuromuscular diseases affecting diaphragmatic function
2. Pregnant women
3. Contraindications to the sniff test or absence of a window on ultrasound examination
4. Inability to sit up for the fluoroscopy or USG examination
5. Patients who are frail, bedbound, end stage organ damage, malignancy
6.NIVO score being either too low (0–2) or too high (7 to 9).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method