Lung Open Ventilation to Decrease Mortality in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (LOVS)
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Invasive mechanical ventilation Acute respiratory insufficiency (within past 28 days) Bilateral infiltrates on frontal chest radiograph Hypoxemia, defined as PaO2/FiO2<=250 Exclusion Criteria: Primary cause of respiratory failure is cardiac Anticipated duration of mechanical ventilation < 48 hours Inability to wean other experimental ventilation strategies Severe chronic respiratory disease Neuromuscular disease that will prolong mechanical ventilation Conditions where hypercapnia-induced intracranial hypertension should be avoided Morbid obesity (> 1Kg per cm body weight) Pregnancy Very unlikely to survive and lack of commitment to life support Underlying irreversible condition with 6 month mortality >= 50% Greater than 48 hours elapsed since first eligible Current participation in competing trial Lack of physician, patient or proxy consent
Sites / Locations
- Hamilton Health Sciences - General Hospital