Nursing Care for Breathing Discomfort Among Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Assiut University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Dyspnea

Treatments: Other: visual analogue scale (VAS),Respiratory distress observational scale (RDOS) and other Nursing care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04019236

Dyspnea among MV Pts

Details and patient eligibility

About

Breathing discomfort (dyspnea) during mechanical ventilation in the ICU may complicate care.

Full description

Patients on ventilators experience a variety of discomforts: symptoms (dyspnea ,fatigue , pain ) ,emotions (depression, anxiety ,panic) and feeling of lack to control .Patients may or may not express this discomfort outwardly with agitation ,restlessness ,grimacing or increase in the vital signs (heart rate ,blood pressure ,breathing frequency).The aim of the present study is to assess the prevalence of dyspnea among mechanically ventilated patients, Describe interventions that may alleviate breathing discomfort and examine its impact on clinical outcomes.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Intubated or tracheostomized patients who were mechanically ventilated for >24 hrs.
• Age : 18-60 yrs
• Patients with Respiratory diseases
• Patients during spontaneous breathing trial

Exclusion criteria

• • Patients with acidosis, anemia ,drug poisoning,psychogenic disorders or neuro-muscular disorders

  • (non invasive ventilation)NIV

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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90 participants in 2 patient groups

" interventional "

Other group

Description:

New other than Routine nursing care will be used.

Treatment:

Other: visual analogue scale (VAS),Respiratory distress observational scale (RDOS) and other Nursing care

" Control group "

No Intervention group

Description:

Routine care only will be done for this group