Acute Lung Damage Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Admission to an ICU participating in this trial - Need for intubation - Within 1 hour of admission from the operation room or emergency room (if still intubated and ventilated), or within 1 hour of start of invasive ventilation in the ICU - An expected duration of ventilation > 24 hours
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: * Age less than 18 years * Patients previously randomized in PReVENT * Patients participating in other interventional trials * Patients with moderate or severe ARDS (for Berlin consensus definition see table 1. APPENDIX I) * Any session of ventilation > 12 hours directly preceding this ICU admission * Patients with suspected or confirmed pregnancy * Patients with increased and uncontrollable intracranial pressure (of *18 mmHg) * Patients with GOLD classification III or IV chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) * Patients with asthmatic status * Patients with premorbid restrictive pulmonary disease (evidence of chronic interstitial infiltration on previous chest radiographs) * Patients with new proven pulmonary thrombo*embolism * Patients with any previous pneumectomy or lobectomy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The number of ventilator-free days at day 28 after ICU admission. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| ICU and hospital length of stay (LOS) (follow up till day 90); incidence of moderate or severe ARDS, pneumonia, atelectases, and pneumothorax; cumulative use and duration of sedatives, and neuromuscular blocking agents; incidence of ICU delirium, ICU acquired weakness, ICU mortality and hospital mortality, 90-day mortality. | — |
Countries
Netherlands