Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Insufficiency"

This Phase 3, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo controlled, multicenter study is to confirm the efficacy of inhaled nitric oxide for the management of hypoxic respiratory failure associated with pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants. Study subjects will be administered either inhaled nitric oxide or placebo to determine if there is a change in oxygenation.

The goal of this clinical research study is to compare the effects of sodium bicarbonate to normal saline when used for clearing mucus blockage in patients with airway stents.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban compared with placebo in the prevention of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) events and VTE-related death post-hospital discharge in high-risk, medically ill patients.

High flow nasal cannula administration in critically ill patients is frequently used to improve acute respiratory failure or to prevent respiratory failure after extubation. It acts generating a mild positive pressure in the airways and by reducing respiratory effort of patients. However to the best of our knowledge, no study to date has directly measured the amount of positive pressure generated in the trachea of patients. The primary aim, therefore, of this study measures this positive pressure after extubation in critically ill patients.

Comparison between some predictors of failure of non-invasive ventilation and high flow nasal cannula.

Weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) constitutes a fundamental procedure in intensive care, covering up to 50% of time spent on ventilation (1). Endotracheal tube (ETT) removal might be an important but delicate step in intensive care setting. Failure and subsequent need for re-intubation can occur in up to 20% of cases leading to a significant increase in mortality rates (24%), longer hospital stay and prolonged need for ventilation. Comorbidities such as obesity, COPD and cardiac related diseases might further increase this risk reaching up to 60% of failure in extubation. In this scenario, accurate predictors of weaning failure are far welcomed. The recurrence of respiratory failure after extubation might considerably raise rates of failure, probably due to increased work of breathing in patients after ETT removal. Most recent guidelines on the use of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) suggest using NIV after ETT removal in subjects with high risk of failure. NIV could contribute to reduce work of breathing hence preventing the onset of respiratory failure after extubation. Therefore, measuring inspiratory effort and its variation in weaned patients might help in identifying patients with significant risk of failing extubation. Esophageal pressure swings (DeltaPES) can be measured through a nasogastric tube with a pressure transducer located in the inferior part of the esophagus. DeltaPES is an extremely precise and accurate method to quantify inspiratory effort, however its use in daily clinical practice is limited due to the invasive nature of the maneuver, elevated costs and need for considerable clinical training of operators. Physiological studies have shown a correlation between nasal pressure measured at nostril entrance and esophageal pressure (which in turn is a measure of respiratory effort . Therefore, measuring nasal pressure could represent a method to quantify inspiratory effort non-invasively, proving to be useful in daily clinical practice.

The purpose of this study is to assess the hypothesis that, as compared to early intravenous feeding, early nutrition via the enteral route is associated with reduced Day 28-mortality in critically ill patients treated with mechanical ventilation and vasoactive drug.

The goal of this study is to determine the relationship between esophageal pressure (Pes) and superimposed pressure (SP) in subjects with morbid obesity.

This is a confirmatory study without any intervention. It is an uncontrolled, non-randomized and open-label study with measurements made with comparators, and it has a preset hypothesis for the primary endpoint. There are no similar devices to VitalThings Guardian M10 / M10 mobile on the market, consequently one or more different types of devices must be used as comparators.

Awake prone positioning has been used widely for patients with COVID-19.Many research results are not uniform on the key issue of whether the prognosis of patients can be improved，and most of the subjects were patients with SARS-CoV-2 infected who are not intubated.The investigators will conduct a prospective observational study on patients with acute respiratory failure induced by various causes to determine whether awake prone position can reduce the need to upgrade to invasive mechanical ventilation and improve the prognosis of patients compared with standard treatment.