Post Extubation Chest Physiotherapy in ICU

Rambam Health Care Campus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation

Treatments: Other: chest physiotherapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01967108

0346-13-RMB CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of chest physiotheray treatment in preventing pulmonary complications and weaning faliure, in extubated critically ill patients.

Enrollment: 65 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:ICU patients, over 18 years' old, mechanical ventilated over 24 hours, candidates for extubation -

Exclusion Criteria: Mental conditions, retardation, dementia, pregnancy, re-intubated patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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65 participants in 2 patient groups

chest physiotherapy

Experimental group

Description:

chest physiotherapy in patient's bed, including deep breathing, directed cough, arm movment and more.

Treatment:

Other: chest physiotherapy

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

This patients will not recive chest physiotherapy after extubation, unless developing respiratory deterioration