Comparison Between Respiratory Therapy With Cough Assist Technique and Usual Respiratory Therapy in Intensive Care Patients Suffering of Neurologic Disorder

University Hospitals (UH)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Neurologic Disorder

Treatments: Other: Usual respiratory therapy; Device: Cough assist (Philips,respironics)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01143103

cough assist (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study aims to compare the efficiency of respiratory therapy with cough assist and the efficiency of usual respiratory therapy in intensive care patients suffering of neurologic disorder and cough ineffectiveness. The investigators hypothesis is that cough assist is more efficient than usual respiratory care in this group of patients.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Peak flow < 270 ml if the patient has one of the following diagnostic: post neurosurgery status, cerebral trauma, tetraparesia or tetraplegia

Exclusion criteria

• Death expected in the following 24h
• Bulbar dysfunction if extubated
• pneumothorax
• intracerebral mass effect
• elevated intracranial pressure

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Respiratory therapy with cough assist

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Cough assist (Philips,respironics)

Usual respiratory therapy

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Usual respiratory therapy