Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Insufficiency"

Inefficient cough is responsible of respiratory complications in neuromuscular patients which can lead to hospitalisation and can be life threatening. Techniques enhancing cough efficiency are successful in improving the clearance of bronchial secretions and help non invasive ventilation efficiency especially in case of acute respiratory failure. Combining mechanical exsufflation to the manual techniques of physiotherapy might enhance efficiency. Therefore the investigators want to compare cough efficiency under different techniques of instrumental and manual of cough assistance in order to determine the best combination to optimize cough flow.

Assess the superiority of early non invasive ventilation in comparison to Oxygen therapy only, for immuno-compromized patients with acute respiratory failure

Main hypothesis is that Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) allows asynchrony reduction in non invasive ventilation (NIV) in comparison with reference Pressure Support (PSV) mode. The purpose of the protocol is to compare asynchrony rate between periods of pressure support and periods of NAVA.

A growing body of knowledge has documented that the diaphragm, the primary muscle of breathing, atrophies and weakens within days of instituting mechanical ventilation support. Diaphragm weakness has been implicated as a major contributor to difficulty with weaning, or breathing without ventilator support. This study will test whether instituting a diaphragm strength training rehabilitation program will reduce the time patients require mechanical ventilation in a surgical intensive care setting.

The purpose of this study is to compare a new noninvasive ventilator to existing ventilators already used for patient care.

This is a phase III clinical trial comparing early tracheostomy (day 4) versus prolonged endotracheal intubation in ICU patients needing prolonged ventilatory support after cardiovascular surgery.

The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of a silver-coated endotracheal tube (ETT) can reduce the incidence and/or delay the time of onset of VAP when compared to a non silver-coated ETT in patients who have been mechanically ventilated for >= 24 hours.

The objective of this study was to compare the utility of etomidate and midazolam in helping patients to relax when there was a need for the placement of a ventilation tube by medics who were transporting patients to a hospital in an ambulance.

There will be formed of groups for application of vibration methods on the lungs: the method of vibroacoustic lung massage using the "BARK VibroLUNG" device; the method of oscillating PEP therapy using Acapella DH Green; the method of hardware stimulation of cough with a mechanical insufflator-aspirator Comfort Cough Plus (Comfortable cough Plus). As a control group, classical manual chest massage with percussion and verbal stimulation of cough against the background of chest compressions with a total duration of 15 minutes will be used

Background An appropriated mechanical ventilator setting for acute respiratory failure results of ventilator associated lung injury. Limited driving pressure and low tidal volume ventilation strategies show benefits decreasing mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome, but there are no data in simple acute respiratory failure.