Role of Lung Ultrasound in Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation in Postoperative Neurosurgical ICU Patients

Ain Shams University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intensive Care (ICU)

Treatments: Other: routine tools; Device: lung ultrasound

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03921112

FMASU R26/2019

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to demonstrate the role of lung ultrasound in weaning from mechanical ventilation in neurosurgical ICU patients compared to the ordinary tools as chest X-ray , ABG, rapid shallow breathing index, ventilator parameters.

Enrollment: 130 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Mechanically ventilated patients
• ASAI ,ASAII, ASAIII

Exclusion criteria

• Patients or gurdians refuse
• Patients with pneumthorax
• Patients with pleural effusion
• Patients with surgical emphysema
• Glasco coma score more than 8
• Patients on high inotropic support
• patients with diaphragmatic paralysis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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130 participants in 2 patient groups

lung ultrasound

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: lung ultrasound

Other: routine tools

x-ray, ABG, RSBI, Vetilator parameters

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: routine tools