Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Insufficiency"

This observational cohort aimed to re-evaluate the outcome of hematologic cancer patients admitted to the intensive care unit of Mansoura oncology center through a cohort study as regards their need for mechanical ventilation during two years.

Intraoperative intravenous fluid management practice varies greatly between anesthesiologists. Postoperative fluid based weight gain is associated with major morbidity. Postoperative respiratory complications are associated with increased morbidity, mortality and hospital costs. The literature shows conflicting data regarding intraoperative fluid resuscitation volume. No large-scale studies have focused on intraoperative fluid management and postoperative respiratory dysfunction. Hypotheses: Primary - Liberal intraoperative fluid resuscitation is associated with an increased risk of 30 day mortality Secondary - Liberal intraoperative fluid resuscitation is associated with increased likelihood of postoperative respiratory failure, pulmonary edema, reintubation, atelectasis, acute kidney injury and peri-extubation oxygen desaturation.

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is associated with postoperative respiratory depression. In this study we aimed at investigating perioperative parameters that could predict the nadir of postoperative respiratory function impairment.

We wish to prospectively assess the burden of, management and therapeutic approaches to, and outcomes from acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure requiring ventilatory support, during the winter months in both the northern and southern hemispheres. We wish to specifically examine the contribution of ARDS as defined by the Berlin Definition to the burden of hypoxaemic respiratory failure. Why? The purpose of this study is to provide new and current data on the disease burden of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure and ARDS. It will answer the following questions: What is the frequency and disease burden of acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure in winter? What are the aetiologies of acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure requiring ventilatory support? What is the incidence of ARDS based on the Berlin definition within this patient cohort? What is the mortality from ARDS within this cohort, and how does this vary based on ARDS severity? What is the natural history of ARDS? What are the key patterns of therapeutic resource utilization, particularly approaches to sustain gas exchange, in these patients? When? The study is performed over a 4 week period between February 1st and March 31st 2014 in the Northern Hemisphere and June 1st to August 31st in the Southern Hemisphere. What data is required? A basic dataset is collected on all patients admitted with acute acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure requiring ventilatory support, with a more detailed dataset collected on patients diagnosed with ARDS.

The characteristics and outcomes of a mixed group of critically ill patients who received mechanical ventilation are not known in China. A 1 month Cross-section survey will be performed with the aim of describing the characteristics and outcomes of conventional mechanical ventilation and treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome in intensive care units in China.

Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is characterised by a discrepancy between load imposed on respiratory muscles and their capacity. Recently, diaphragmatic ultrasonography has been introduced in the clinical practice to evaluate diaphragmatic function. In particular, the investigators will focus on Diaphragmatic Displacement measured by M-mode ultrasonography. The aim of this study was to compare the diaphragmatic displacement with traditional weaning parameters in potentially ready to be extubated patients undergoing a spontaneous breathing trial (SBT).

Readmission to hospital is one of the most important problems in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients who developed chronic respiratory failure. Patients receiving long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) and noninvasive ventilation (NIV) constitute the most vulnerable group because of the need for comprehensive care. However, because of lack of health care support systems in Turkey, many advanced COPD patients are hospitalized due to preventable problems such as insufficient knowledge about the therapies, nonadherence to therapy and technical issues related to LTOT/NIV equipment. The aim of this multicenter randomized trial is to find out whether a structured discharge and follow-up protocol reduce the rate of unplanned, COPD-related hospital readmissions over 90 days in patients receiving LTOT or NIV.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the breathing patterns of women who undergo cesarean delivery with spinal or epidural morphine for post-operative pain control in the first day after surgery. Some women who undergo cesarean delivery may be at risk for respiratory complications related to opiate administration for post-operative pain. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate post-operative minute ventilation in women who undergo cesarean delivery using a novel method of non-invasive minute ventilation monitoring, and to see if there are predictive risk factors that may predispose women to post-operative hypoventilation.

This study is an extension of the Spanish Initiative for Epidemiology, Stratification and Therapies of Acute respiratory failure (SIESTA) Network. The present study is aimed to establish the epidemiological characteristics and clinical outcomes of mechanically ventilated patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure [defined as a PaO2/FiO2 ≤300 mmHg on positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) of 5 cmH2O or more, and FiO2 of 0.3 or more] admitted in a network of Spanish hospitals.

A prospective observational study. Enrolled participants admitted to ICU due to pneumonia and respiratory failure need mechanical ventilator support. Investigators collected the residual specimens, such as sputum from endotrachea aspiration, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in those participants as the usual care in the ICU. Those residual samples were sent to extract RNA and sequence by using high-throughput sequencing (next-generation sequencing) method. Investigators will compared the microbiome feature between lower respiratory tract and stool specimens in those participants diagnosed as pneumonia with respiratory failure.