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Saline Instillation Before Tracheal Suctioning and the Incidence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

NCT00432718 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 260

Last updated 2007-02-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Compare the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia with or without tracheal isotonic saline instillation before tracheal suctioning

Conditions

  • Mechanical Ventilation
  • Critically Ill Patients

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Saline Instillation before Tracheal Suctioning

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital do Cancer, Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pedro Caruso, MD · Intensive Care Unit - Hospital do Câncer and University of Sao Paulo Medical School

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-08-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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