Oxygen therapy: Oxygen supplementation delivered to the patient after disconnection from mechanical ventilation.
Study summary
Multicentre randomized trial to determine whether tracheal high-flow nasal oxygen can improve weaning outcome vs. conventional oxygen therapy in critically ill tracheostomized patients who are hypoxemic.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
—
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* Tracheostomy
* Plan to receive weaning from mechanical ventilation after more than 48 hours of mechanical ventilation
* Hypoxemia (PaO2/FiO2\<300) while on mechanical ventilation
Exclusion Criteria:
* anticipated need for long-term mechanical ventilation
* scheduled reconnections to mechanical ventilation
* neuromuscular disease
* chronic ventilator dependence
* planned nocturnal home ventilation
Primary outcome measure(s)
Succesful weaning — Day 7 after randomization proportion of patients weaned from mechanical ventilation at day 7 after randomization. Weaning is defined as being disconnected from the mechanical ventilator on day 7 and remaining off the ventilator for at least the subsequent 48 consecutive hours without reconnection.
Trial sites (1)
Facility
City
Region
Status
ICU, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS
Rome
Italy
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