Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Mechanical ventilation for at least 24 hrs Patients with APACHE II score of 5 - 20
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: a) Mechanical ventilation for less than 24 hours (including self extubation or death). b) Patients with Coexisting severe Neurological/ Neuromuscular/Quadriplegia/Critical illness neuropathy/ Critical illness Myopathy/ Myasthenia gravis/ Guillain Barre syndrome or cardiac diseases as it may prolong weaning for extra-pulmonary reasons. c) Pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence of successful weaning Timepoint: 48 hrs after extubation | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Time to Successful Extubation, Duration from initiation of weaning to successful extubation. 2. Total Duration of Mechanical Ventilation, Time from intubation to final extubation 3. ICU Length of Stay, Total duration of ICU stay post initiation of weaning. 4. Mortality, ICU mortality rates. 5. Number of manual ventilator aadjustments & ABG sampling required in each group 6. VAP Incidence rate Timepoint: 1. baseline & 48hrs after extubation 2. at the time of extubation 3. at the time of discharge 4. at any point of the study after baseline. 5. at the time of extubation 6. at the time of extubation | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Christian medical college, Vellore