Comparison of Synchrony Between 4 NIV Ventilators

Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Respiratoy Failure Requiring NIV Treatment

Treatments

Device: V60 ventilator

Device: V-PAP III ventilator

Device: Stellar 150 ventilator

Device: BiPAP vision ventilator

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01615432

Synchro_Non invasive vent

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison of the effects of 4 ventilators dedicated to NIV (2 home ventilators and 2 ventilators designed for NIV) on patient-ventilator synchrony and comfort in patients admitted in the intensive care unit for respiratory failure and treated with NIV.

Enrollment

22 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

respiratory failure

Exclusion criteria

Severe hypoxemia requiring an FiO2 > 0.6
Hemodynamic instability : defined as a variation of > 20% in mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) during the previous 2 hours; the need for high doses of catecholamines (namely > 0.5 mcg/kg/min) and/or the need of major volume resuscitation (more than 2 liters of fluids in 2 hours)
Impaired consciousness or absence of patient cooperation;
Facial or laryngeal lesions contraindicating the use of NIV;
Poor short term prognosis.
Age < 18 years old