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Prehospital CPAP vs. Usual Care for Acute Respiratory Failure

NCT00405314 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2016-06-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of continuous positive airway pressure ventilation when applied by paramedics to individuals with severe breathing difficulties in the prehospital setting.

Conditions

  • Respiratory Insufficiency
  • Hypoxia

Interventions

DEVICE

Continuous positive airway pressure ventilation mask

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Nova Scotia Health Authority

    collaborator OTHER

  • Dalhousie University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • James Thompson, MD · University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-07-31
Completion
2006-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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