Intensive Care Units
Conditions
Interventions
Sixty volunteers admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) will participate in the study and will be equally allocated into two groups: effective photobiomodulation by light-emitting diodes (LEDs)
and placebo photobiomodulation by LEDs. Patients will be treated with photobiomodulation every day, once a day, until discharge from the ICU, determined by an independent medical staff. Photobiomodula
Device
Radiation
E02.774
Sponsors
Universidade Brasil
Associação Piauense de combate ao câncer/ hospital São Marcos
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adults (higher than 18 years old) hospitalized in intensive care unit (ICU) of a philanthropic hospital due to postoperative cardiac surgery or acute respiratory failure
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with plegia, paresis, amputation or congenital deformities in at least one limb, and patients with data insufficiently described in their hospital chart
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction of intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay by at least 10%, measured in hours of stay in ICU | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Highest degree of muscle strength at discharge from the intensive care unit of at least 10%, measured by handgrip dynamometry in kilogram-force (kgf);Highest degree of muscle strength at discharge from the intensive care unit of at least 5 points, measured by Medical Resource Council scale (MRC) ranging from 0 to 60 points;Highest functionality degree at discharge from the intensive care unit by at least 5 points, measured by Intensive Care Unit Mobility Scale (IMS) ranging from 0 to 10 points | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactCleber;Raimundo Ferraresi; de Miranda Neto
Universidade Brasil;Associação Piauense de combate ao câncer/ hospital São Marcos
Outcome results
None listed