Intratracheal Suctioning and Oxygenation at Extubation

Jörg Schefold250 enrolled

Overview

Data analysis of routinely applied extubation procedures on the ICU: i.e. extubation with 100% O2 vs. 35% O2 with/without suctioning.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

250

Conditions

Extubation

Interventions

none, does not applyOTHER

none: does not apply

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All adult (≥18 years) ICU patients with routine extubation on the ICU during the 2-month observational interval. Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 years * Patients on comfort therapy and/ or terminal extubation or accidental extubationtracheostomized patients * Patients with refusal to general consent or withdrawal of general consent (DLF and/or internal database) * Patients dying without next-of-kin available

Locations (1)

Dept. of Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bern,

Bern, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Difference in proportion of patients with need for ongoing ventilatory support

Time frame: 30 days max follow-up

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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