Aim: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use feasibility of FreeO2 so as to deliver automatically oxygen and to enable a remote medical monitoring with a homogeneous patient population hospitalize for Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)exacerbation. Hypothesis: The principal hypothesis is that FreeO2 is possible and well-accepted by nurses and medical personnel and there are advantages to use this system. In comparison with the common oxygen delivery (the rotameter), the hypothesis is that FreeO2 system will make for a better control of the oxygen saturation in function of designed target, reducing the desaturation time and hyperoxia. We think that oxygen weaning will be faster than classical way if it is automated. In addition, FreeO2 could reduce the number of intervention by nurse personnel and to improve the support with centralized monitoring in the FreeO2 group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
FreeO2 automatically adjusts the oxygen flow delivered to patients based on the SpO2 signal. Patients keep using the same device for duration of hospitalization.
Oxygen flow delivery is adjust by nurse and respiratory therapists. Standard medical treatment. Patients keep using the same device for duration of hospitalization.
Centre de recherche de l'institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec
Québec, Quebec, Canada
RECRUITINGPossibility to use a new closed-loop system for oxygen delivery in common practice
We will see if nurses and medical personnel are agree to work with FreeO2 system. We want to know if the new system of automated adjustment of oxygen flow is useful in common practice.
Time frame: 6 months
Time of oxygen weaning between common oxygen delivery and closed-loop automatic titration of oxygen flow based on SpO2.
Time frame: 6 months
Percentage of time with desaturation during the oxygentherapy
Time frame: 6 months
Percentage of time with hyperoxia during the oxygentherapy
Time frame: 6 months
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