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Airway Pressure Release Ventilation as a Preventative Strategy

NCT00813371 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2009-08-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The early initiation of Airway Pressure Release Ventilation in multi-system trauma patients decreases the incidence and severity of acute lung injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and allows faster recovery of lung function.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Airway Pressure Release Ventilation

Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) also known as Bi-Vent or Bi-Level ventilation is a time-cycled, pressure-limited mode of ventilation that allows spontaneous respiration throughout the ventilator cycle.

DEVICE

ARDSnet protocol

ARDSnet protocol

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jack Shannon, M.D. · Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

  • John Griswold, M.D. · Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-12-31
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2011-12-31

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