Reduced Ventilator-Free Days and Bacterial Colonization of Sub-Glottic Secretions
Withdrawn before enrolling
Conditions studied: Pneumonia
In brief
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is common problem among ICU patients and major source of infection among patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Patients on mechanical ventilation accumulate secretion leading to aspiration of infected secretions. Using new generation endotracheal tube (Hi-Lo tube) can reduce the incidence of VAP.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02311296
- Run by
- University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2020-11-02
- Expected to finish
- 2020-11-02
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-11-25
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age > 18 years of age
- Patients requiring mechanical ventilation for altered mental status, drug overdose or any condition that airway protection from aspiration is clinically warranted
- Patients requiring mechanical ventilation following Cardiothoracic bypass or valve replacement surgery
- Patients requiring mechanical ventilation for stroke, intra-cranial bleed, sub-dural hematoma, meningitis or closed head injury
- Patients requiring mechanical ventilation for following of abdominal surgery in which there were no discernable infiltrates on chest X-ray
- Patients requiring mechanical ventilation for primary lung disease (COPD, emphysema etc.) if no discernable infiltrates on chest X-ray.
You may not qualify if…
- 1) Patients receiving mechanical ventilation for greater than 6 hrs at the time of enrollment.
- Patients requiring mechanical ventilation for ARDS, pneumonia or traumatic lung injury.
- Patients receiving more than one dose of any antibiotic.
- Patients undergoing surgical resection for lung cancer or any other surgery directly involving lung parenchyma
Where it is running
- Erlanger Hospital — Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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