Patients with noninvesive positive pressure ventilation.
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patient who suffered from acute respiratory failure, and were expected to receive noninvesive positive pressure ventilation for at least 24 h.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who are psychiatric illness or suspected encephalopathy (drug overdose, hepatic failure) leading to difficulty in scoring their discomfort and severe respiratory or hemodynamic instability which could not allow patients take off NIV mask for evaluating oral dryness.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Oral dryness and discomfort | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Tokushima University Hospital mergency and Critical Care Medicine