The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of bronchoscopic sputum suction in patients with severe thoracic illness-induced respiratory failure. The study will compare the outcomes of patients who receive bronchoscopic sputum suction versus blind negative pressure aspiration for sputum removal. The study will measure baseline data, postoperative blood gas conditions, and clinical parameters, such as time of invasive ventilation, total time of ventilation, hospital stay, weaning success rate, reintubation rate, ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence, and fatality rate. The study aims to determine whether bronchoscopy-assisted sputum removal is superior to blind negative pressure aspiration in improving patient outcomes.
The aim of the present randomized control trial is to assess the value of bronchoscopic sputum suction in patients with severe thoracic illness-induced respiratory failure. To decrease group differences in baseline characteristics and blood gas conditions, patients will be randomly assigned to receive either bronchoscopy-assisted or negative pressure aspiration for sputum suction, while the remaining treatment course will be the same. The study will measure major clinical indicators such as time of invasive ventilation, total time of ventilation, hospital stay, weaning success rate, reintubation rate, ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence, and fatality rate to provide strong evidence for the efficacy of each suction method.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Bronchoscopy is a medical procedure in which a flexible tube called a bronchoscope is passed through the mouth or nose and into the lungs. Bronchoscopic suction is a technique used during bronchoscopy to remove secretions, mucus, or foreign objects from the airways. The bronchoscope is equipped with a suction port and a suction channel that allows the doctor to remove fluids or other material from the airways. The suction port is connected to a vacuum source, and the suction channel runs through the bronchoscope and terminates at the tip of the instrument.
The procedure involves inserting a catheter into the airway and applying negative pressure to the catheter to suction out the secretions or fluids. The patient could receive sputum suction as medical routine (every 2-4 hrs) if needed.
Department of Traumatology, National Taiwain University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
NTUH Hsin-Chu Branch; NTUH Yun-Lin Branch
Taipei, Taiwan
Rate of pneumonia
diagnosis of pneumonia was determined according to radiologic evidence of new or progressive infiltrate of more than 48 hours and laboratory detection of a causative agent. The management and diagnosis of all patients was performed by a trauma specialist.
Time frame: 30 days after randomization
Intensive Care Unit admission interval
measure the time of total Intensive Care Unit admission interval
Time frame: 30 days
admission interval
measure the time of total admission interval
Time frame: up to 24 weeks (from randomization to discharge)
tracheostomy rate
measure the rate of patient who receive tracheostomy in this admission
Time frame: up to 24 weeks (from randomization to discharge)
intubation rate
measure the rate of intubation rate
Time frame: 90 days
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