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Comparison between two different rates of oxygen flow through a oxygen delivery device (high flow nasal cannula) in patients who have breathing difficulty with low oxygen levels in their blood.

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Conditions
Health Condition 1: J22- Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection
Registration Number
CTRI/2024/06/069069
Lead Sponsor
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

All hemodynamically stable patients admitted in Adult Intensive Care Unit in AIIMS,Jodhpur with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure,on High Flow Nasal Cannula with PaO2/FiO2 less than 300 are included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

1)Patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure requiring intubation and ventillatory support as per the attending clinician.

2)Patients of chronic respiratory failure.

3)Patients with neuromuscular disorders affecting respiratory muscles and/or diaphragm.

4)Patients with major cardiac, hepatic or renal functions derangement.

5)Pregnant patients.

6)Tracheostomised patients.

7)All the conditions where HFNC is contraindicated like upper airway obstruction, central apnoea, blocked nasal passages or choanal atresia, trauma or surgery to nasopharynx , pneumothorax etc.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
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