Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Insufficiency"

The aim of the present study; To compare the effects of respiratory support options available for NIMV at the emergency department; i.e. AVAPS and ST/T modes, on the patient's pCO2 values, additional treatment need (another non-invasive ventilation method or endotracheal intubation) and the duration of stay in hospital.

Multicenter, phase IV, registry-based, randomized controlled trial. Patients starting long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) are randomized between LTOT prescribed 24 h/day or 15 h/day using the Swedish Register for Respiratory Failure (Swedevox). Clinical follow-up and concurrent treatments are according to routine clinical practice. The main endpoints of mortality, hospitalizations, and incident disease are assessed using Swedish registry data, with expected complete follow-up. Patient-reported outcomes are assessed using a posted questionnaire at 3 and 12 months. The study is managed by the Uppsala Clinical Research Centre (UCR).

Patients with chronic respiratory failure such as those associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS), Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) or Neuromuscular Disease (NMD) are increasingly managed with domiciliary non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV). The aim of this study is to now compare the Automatic Expiratory Positive Airway Pressure (AutoEPAP) algorithm with a fixed manual EPAP in iVAPS mode on an Astral mixed mode ventilator. It is proposed that the automatic settings of AutoEPAP will be as effective at managing respiratory failure and upper airway obstruction (UAO) as manual EPAP on the Astral device. Specifically demonstrating that the AutoEPAP function is as effective at treating UAO as manual EPAP.

Obesity, due to excess fat in the thoracoabdominal region, can promote changes in respiratory function and lung function, leading to reduction in lung volume and capacity. Such dysfunctions are worsen after bariatric surgery to be associated with factors inherent to this procedure. The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the effects of the application of bilevel positive airway pressure and exercises with inspiratory pressure with linear load in thoracoabdominal mobility, pulmonary function, inspiratory muscle strength, respiratory muscle strength and prevalence of pulmonary complications after bariatric surgery.

This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial will be conducted at a single tertiary pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). The study will include children with RSV infection who were admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit and require respiratory support via positive pressure ventilation (invasive and noninvasive).

In this study the investigators will assess (i) the effect of partial neuromuscular blockade (NMB; TOF ratio 0.8 and 0.6) induced by low-dose rocuronium on the ventilatory response to isocapnic hypoxia and (ii) the effect over time (from TOF 0.6 to TOF 1.0) of the reversal by sugammadex, neostigmine or placebo in healthy volunteers. Additionally the investigators will assess the effect of partial NMB (TOF ratio 0.6) induced by low-dose rocuronium on the ventilatory response to hypercapnia and effect over time (from TOF 0.6 to TOF 1.0) of the reversal by sugammadex, neostigmine or placebo in healthy volunteers.

Patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are at high risk for deconditioning and functional decline. The primary aim of this study is to assess the functional impact of leg exercise during the pre-ambulation phase in patients undergoing ECMO.

Ventilator hyperinflation (VHI) has been shown to be effective in improving respiratory mechanics, secretion removal, and gas exchange in mechanically ventilated patients; however, there are no recommendations on the best ventilator settings to perform the technique. Thus, the aim of this study was to compare six modes of VHI, concerning physiological markers of efficacy and safety criteria, in order to support the optimal VHI settings selection for mechanically ventilated patients. In a randomized, controlled and crossover study, 30 mechanically ventilated patients underwent 6 modes of ventilator hyperinflation. The maximum expansion (tidal volume), expiratory flow bias criteria (inspiratory and expiratory flow patterns), overdistension (alveolar pressure), asynchronies and hemodynamic variables (mean arterial pressure and heart rate) were assessed during the interventions.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the ability of a device reproducing patients' respiratory characteristics to select in-VITRO the most appropriate ventilator for a given pathology.

In the past, patients suffering from acute respiratory failure had to be treated with Oxygen and specific medication, or - if this had not been sufficient - had to be anesthesized and had to undergo endotracheal intubation for invasive ventilation. Nowadays, since emergency ventilators are available that can be used for non-invasive ventilation, the purpose of this study is to investigate if non-invasive ventilation is safe, feasible and effective for the treatment of acute respiratory failure and if less patients will need to be intubated out-of-hospital as well as in the further course.