Use Bronchoscopy to Predict Post-Extubation Stridor in Critical Ill Patients

Chimei Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Post-Extubation Stridor

Treatments: Procedure: Bronchoscopy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00824096

CM-IRB09512014

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our study aims at the accuracy of bronchoscopy to predict PES. Evidence base medicine guidelines for extubation may be obtained through this study.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age equal or greater than 18 years old
• Intubation over 24 hrs
• Match weaning profile
• Cuff leak volume less than 24%
• VS and subject/family agree

Exclusion criteria

• Re-Intubation
• History of upper air way obstruction
• Severe CV disease (ex. AMI)
• Active UGI Bleeding
• Blood sugar persistent more than 250 mg/dl under medication control
• Risk of IICP
• Open T.B.
• Bleeding tendency/ Platelet less than 40 thousands
• Subject or family refuse

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)