The Role of Muscular Ultrasound in Predicting Weaning Success

Seoul National University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Respiratory Insufficiency

Treatments: Other: Muscular ultrasound

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02864459

690 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

When attempting to wean a patient from the ventilator, even if he/she passes the spontaneous breathing test, 10-20% of the time extubation failure occurs and the patient is reintubated. When the patient is reintubated the mortality rate increases and the length of intensive care unit stay is also increased. It is vital to intensively assess the patient before extubation and correctly predict extubation success. Muscular ultrasound may be helpful in these situations.

Enrollment: 114 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients undergoing weaning from mechanical ventilation
• Patients who have been mechanically ventilated for more than 72 hrs

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant patients
• Patients with previous neuromuscular diseases
• Difficulties in muscular ultrasound (Dressing, operation, etc)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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114 participants in 1 patient group

Muscular ultrasound

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Muscular ultrasound