Ultrasonic Weaning Criteria in Prolonged Ventilation

Comparative Study Between Use of Ultrasonic Criteria of Weaning Versus the Conventional Criteria of Weaning in Post-traumatic Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Patients Who Were Ventilated for a Long Time

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05794867

Enrollment

200

Registered

2023-04-03

Start date

2021-04-01

Completion date

2023-03-19

Last updated

2023-04-03

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Conditions

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Brief summary

compare and evaluate the effect of use of ultrasonic criteria of weaning versus the conventional ways of weaning in post-traumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients who were ventilated for a long time. And compare their effect on the duration of ICU stay.

Detailed description

It is a prospective double blind study done on total 200 patients. Who were weaned from ventilator after being ventilated for \> one week due to respiratory failure. This respiratory failure was selected in our study to be from severe lung contusion and post-traumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome. Patients were randomly allocated in one of two groups each group contain 100 patients. Group A considered control group. Those patients weaned from the ventilator by the conventional criteria of weaning. While group B weaned from the ventilator by the ultrasound criteria of weaning. All patients weaned from both groups followed for six days for signs of failure of weaning ,signs of post-extubation respiratory failure. And number of patients who were re-ventilated and who discharged from ICU in both groups recorded and compared.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTclinical weaning criteria

Xray chest and calculation of thr rapid shallow breathing rate

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* adult patients between 18-65 years old, * with Acute respiratory distress syndrome, * any ventilated patients for more than one week

Exclusion criteria

* young or pediatric patients below 18 years. * patients older than 65 years * patients had Chronic Respiratory Disease

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
The number of patients who had no failure of weaning	6 days	patients followed by ultrasounds criteria

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The number of patients who discharged early from ICU	6 days

Countries

Saudi Arabia

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026