Change In Diaphragmatic Thickness Predicts Extubation Success
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
| Start Date: | January 2015 |
| End Date: | June 2016 |
| Contact: | Scott Blumhof, DO |
| Email: | blumhofs@einstein.edu |
| Phone: | 2154566945 |
Can the Diaphragm Predict the Course of Mechanical Ventilation? A Prospective Study Evaluating Several M-Mode Ultrasound Measured Diaphragmatic Parameters and Their Effects on Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation
We will investigate whether measurement of the change in thickness of the diaphragm during
the respiratory cycle by ultrasound can predict extubation success in a 48 hour window. We
will also asses whether this is only possible on low levels of pressure support as has been
shown previously, or if this technique retains its predictive power at higher levels of
pressure support.
the respiratory cycle by ultrasound can predict extubation success in a 48 hour window. We
will also asses whether this is only possible on low levels of pressure support as has been
shown previously, or if this technique retains its predictive power at higher levels of
pressure support.
Inclusion Criteria:
- age greater than 18, ventilated for >24 hours
Exclusion Criteria:
- already chronically on mechanical ventilatory support, already has tracheostomy, has
pathology that obscures visualization of the right hemidiaphragm, has acute stroke
either hemorrhagic or ischemic, cannot identify appropriate decision maker to get
informed consent.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141
Principal Investigator: Scott Blumhof, DO
Phone: 215-456-6945
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