Post-operative neurally adjusted ventilatory assisted ventilation for weaning of hepatic patients

Post-operative neurally adjusted ventilatory assisted ventilation compared to pressure support for weaning of hepatic patients undergoing major abdominal surgeries

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202401894086611

Enrollment

120

Registered

2024-01-26

Start date

2022-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Anaesthesia

Interventions

Pressure control ventilation

neurally adjusted vantilatory assissted

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1- Age: adults above 18 years old. 2- Hepatic patients (Child pugh A and B) undergoing major abdominal surgeries (e.g. hepatic resections, Whipple operation, etc.) requiring post-operative mechanical ventilation.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Parent’s refusal. • Contraindication to placement of the NAVA esophageal tube (i.e. any contraindication to placement of a gastric tube, recent gastrointestinal suture, rupture of esophageal varices with gastrointestinal bleeding during the 4 days prior to inclusion or esophageal malformation. • Hepatic patients (Child pugh C) • Severely debilitated patient.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
compare Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) and pressure support ventilation (PSV) regarding: asynchrony index.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
duration of mechanical ventilation, ventilator-free days, application and duration of post-extubation noninvasive mechanical ventilation, ICU and hospital length of stay and cost.	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public Contacthanaa rashed

lecturer of anasthesia

hanaarashed2020@yahoo.com0248986754

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026