Role of Lung Ultrasound in Predicting Weaning Outcomes

N/ACompletedNCT02022839

Hospital Moinhos de Vento250 enrolled

Overview

We aimed to verify the potencial role of bedside lung ultrasound findings of critically ill patients candidates to liberation from mechanical ventilation in predicting weaning outcomes. The analysis will be taken in two times: immediately before and at the and spontaneous breathing trial.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

250

Conditions

Ventilator Weaning Ultrasonography

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Invasive mechanical ventilation \> 24 hours * Eligibility to weaning from mechanical ventilation Exclusion Criteria: * Tracheostomy

Locations (1)

Hospital Moinhos de Vento

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Weaning Failure

Time frame: Participants will be followed up til weaning success or weaning failure at the end of spontaneous breathing trial. In case of weaning success, then they will be followed for more 48 hours to detect extubation failure.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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