Ventilator Associated Pneumonia and Late Complications of Percutaneous Tracheostomy

Radboud University Medical Center

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Pneumonia

Treatments: Device: cannula with subglottic drainage; Procedure: Tracheostomy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00184925

CMO 2003/144

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia and late complications by comparing two different cannulas and two different percutaneous tracheostomy techniques.

Full description

This study did not generate the expectations's we've expected, therefore, the analysis was prematurely stopped...

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all patients on the intensive care unit who receive a tracheostomy.

Exclusion criteria

• HIV/AIDS
• use of immunosuppressive
• with regard to the MRI-scan patients who have a pacemaker and/or who are claustrophobic

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 1 patient group

subglottic drainage

Active Comparator group

Description:

suctioning of subglottis with cannula

Treatment:

Device: cannula with subglottic drainage

Procedure: Tracheostomy