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Early Tracheostomy in Ventilated Stroke Patients

NCT01261091 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2014-04-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients with severe ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, who require mechanical ventilation, have a particularly bad prognosis. If they require long-term ventilation, their orotracheal tube needs to be, like in any other intensive care patient, replaced by a shorter tracheal tube below the larynx. This so called tracheostomy might be associated with advantages such as less demand of narcotics and pain killers, less lesions in mouth and larynx, better mouth hygiene, safer airway, more patient comfort and earlier mobilisation. The best timepoint for tracheostomy in stroke, however, is not known. This study investigates the potential benefits of early tracheostomy in ventilated critically ill patients with ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Early Tracheostomy

Tracheostomy is performed as percutaneous dilatative tracheostomy by neurointensivists whenever possible. If anatomically or otherwise indicated, surgical tracheostomy is applied.

PROCEDURE

Late Tracheostomy

Tracheostomy is performed as percutaneous dilatative tracheostomy by neurointensivists whenever possible. If anatomically or otherwise indicated, surgical tracheostomy is applied.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Heidelberg University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bösel Julian, Dr, MD · Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg

  • Thorsten Steiner, Prof, MD · Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-11-30
Completion
2012-04-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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