Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Insufficiency"

Air is normally pumped in and out of the lungs by the muscles that contribute to inhalation and exhalation, called the respiratory muscles. The abdominal muscles help by forcing air out of your lungs during exhalation; whereas the diaphragm, the main muscle used for breathing, contracts to get air into the lungs during inhalation. With mechanical ventilation, respiratory muscles are able to rest and recover while the breathing machine takes over; however, this may cause respiratory muscle weakness. Patients who develop weakness of these muscles may require more assistance from the ventilator and take longer to recover their ability to breathe without assistance. The impact of this phenomenon on long-term outcomes is uncertain. The RESPIRE study is designed to characterize how respiratory muscles change during mechanical ventilation and to evaluate the impact on long term quality of life. An additional objective of this study is to examine novel measures obtained from automated functions of a ventilator, that may better predict success from weaning from mechanical ventilation.

the introduction of new MV modalities has shown promising results in reducing the incidence of weaning failure, mainly due to a more physiologic approach which allows respiratory muscle preservation. Among them, the Neurally Adjust Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) seemed to be associated with lower incidence of weaning failure and subsequent duration of mechanical ventilation, compared to standard modalities like the Pressure Support Ventilation (PSV) . Moreover, NAVA allows the evaluation of the diaphragm electrical activity (EAdi), an index of diaphragmatic neural respiratory drive. However, no study has compared TFic values during PSV and NAVA modalities in patients with difficult weaning from MV admitted in ICU.

Prospective, multi-centre, open labelled, 1:1randomized controlled study.

Right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) and right ventricular-pulmonary arterial (RV-PA) uncoupling detected by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are associated with poor survival. Early detection of RVD and RV-PA uncoupling in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) may be indicative of worsening and decompensating pulmonary condition which may require escalation of respiratory support. The use of TTE parameters in predicting high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) failure has not been previously studied. The objective of this study is to identify predictors of HFNC failure by TTE and to compare its performance with the well-established ROX index.

The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of opioids administered during sedation on patients' respiratory activity (ventilation) and comfort of the operator and patient during the endoscopic procedure. A common side effect of sedation is the effect on patients' ventilation, resulting from a combination of attenuation of respiratory centre activity and loss of patent airways. Shallow sedation will reduce these risks, but in addition to patient discomfort, it also increases the difficulty or impossibility of the endoscopist to perform the procedure. Choosing the appropriate method of sedation thus fundamentally affects the course of the procedure from the point of view of both the patient and the endoscopist. The aim is to prove that sedation with propofol alone compared to sedation with propofol and fentanyl premedication leads to the need for higher cumulative doses of administered propofol, higher risk of respiratory depression and lower patient and operator comfort. In addition, the non-invasive respiratory volume monitor (ExSpiron 2Xi) will be used for standard patient monitoring during the procedure, which assesses the lung tidal volume and respiratory rate by measuring the electrical impedance of the chest. This measurement captures inadequate ventilation before saturation drops, allowing even slight differences between selected drugs to be compared.

Arterial blood sampling is needed to monitor carbon dioxide and PH but is often painful. The aim of this study is to determine whether continuous carbon dioxide monitoring with a skin probe reduces the need for arterial blood sampling by at least 30%. The investigators will also study the safety and effectiveness of skin probe monitoring to manage non-invasive ventilation (NIV).

Investigation Device: EZVent Ventilator System is designed for respiratory support in hospitalized mechanical ventilated patients. The Ventilator is designed to be used for adults patients. It is designed to be a stationary product suitable for service in hospitals, critical care situations to provide continuous positive pressure respiratory support to the patient. The ventilator met EDA, ISO 80601-2-12 requirements on essential performance of critical care ventilator and other applicable international standards. Study Title: Open-labeled, non-randomized, self-controlled study to evaluate the safety and performance of EZVent in hospitalized mechanically ventilated patients. Investigational Device EZVent Ventilator System. Purpose: Evaluation of the safety and performance of EZVent in hospitalized mechanically ventilated patients. Objectives: Evaluation of the safety and performance of EZVent through monitoring the vital signs and arterial blood gases (ABG) in comparison to a commercial ventilator.

Domiciliary non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is a standard care for improving survival rates of selected patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF) and to improve the patients' hypercapnia, sleep quality, health-related quality of life (QoL). Adherence is an important factor affecting clinical effectiveness of domiciliary NIV. Our previous study has noted the associations between poor domiciliary NIV adherence and increased number of clinical adverse events (p = 0.004) and increased hospitalization requiring acute NIV salvage (p = 0.042). However, there are very limited studies on adherence to domiciliary NIV in patients with CHRF. The only interventional study was a single-group pre-test post-test study and lack of a theoretical framework for guiding the intervention. This study is employing an Information-Motivation-Behavioral skills (IMB) model-based intervention to improve inhalation adherence in a group of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.

To compare the outcomes of HFNC and HVNI in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory failure as regard need for mechanical ventilation, changes of arterial blood gases (ABG) parameters, duration of ventilatory support and delay between admission and intubation

Patients with respiratory failure have high morbidity and mortality. Long-term mechanical ventilation causes a high medical burden and cannot cure respiratory failure. Therefore, in-depth research on early weaning and oxygen therapy nursing mode is needed. Currently, studies on artificial airway high-flow oxygen therapy are limited. Studies have reported that oxygen inhalation devices that increase expiratory resistance produce flow-dependent positive airway pressure and lung volume effects that improve oxygenation and ventilation. It means that the innovation of oxygen therapy device may be a change The key to improving lung function and reducing mechanical ventilation in patients with respiratory failure. The project team is committed to the innovation of high-flow oxygen therapy devices and the research on oxygen therapy care. In the early stage, the "New Artificial Airway High Flow Oxygen Therapy Device" was designed (NTHF), in 2018, the new technology and new projects were declared and approved to solve the problem of the flow rate of oxygen therapy devices. In the pre-test, 78 tracheotomy patients were observed using NTHF and respiratory humidification therapy device (AIRVOTM2 ) with high-flow oxygen therapy. As a result, NTHF was superior to AIRVOTM2 in improving airway humidification, oxygenation effect and cost, and published an article, which was approved in 2019 "Non-inferiority of humidification performance of a novel high-flow oxygen therapy device in oxygen therapy for tracheostomy-off-weaned patients. In 2021, it will be approved for the promotion of appropriate technologies for health and health in Guangdong Province. Relying on the high-level clinical key specialties of Guangdong Province, support with scientific research technology and financial support conditions. Research hypothesis: NTHF has the physiological effects of increasing the positive expiratory pressure of artificial airway, alveolar ventilation, and humidification, and can improve the lung function of patients with respiratory failure after tracheotomy.