The use of heated humidified high flow oxygen (AIRVO) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)Respiratory - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12613000028707
- Lead Sponsor
- Critical Care Research Group, The Prince Charles Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 25
Inclusion Criteria
* Male COPD patients requiring home oxygen
* Formal spirometry data less than one year old
Exclusion Criteria
* Co-morbidities that may effect respiratory function or physiological measurements
* Active respiratory infection on day of study
* Frequent pursed-lip breathing
* Anxiousness about breathing with a system different to their current one
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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