Status:
COMPLETED
Weaning Children From Mechanical Ventilation:Computer-driven System Versus Usual Care
Lead Sponsor:
St. Justine's Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec
Conditions:
Respiratory Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
2-18 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a computer-driven system (Smartcare/PS) decreases weaning duration from mechanical ventilation when compared to usual care in children.
Detailed Description
Baseline data: All subjects included into this RCT will undergo routine examination upon admission to the hospital. These examinations include physical, medical/medication history (on the last year fo...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The attending physician thinks that the patient will be able to breathe spontaneously or the patients is already breathing spontaneously.
- No vasopressor or inotropic medication, unless the patient is receiving some digitalin or small doses of dopamine (\< 5 µg/kg/min)
- Slight or no endotracheal tube gas-leakage (\[Vti - Vte\]/Vti ≤ 20%)
- Mechanical ventilation with a plateau pressure ≤ 25 cmH2O over PEEP
- PEEP ≤ 8 cmH2O
- FiO2 ≤ 60% in order to obtain pulse oxymetry ≥ 95%
- PaCO2 \< 70 mmHg on the last blood gases
- Extubation not expected the day of inclusion
Exclusion
- N/A
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00678912
Start Date
September 1 2007
End Date
July 1 2009
Last Update
December 18 2025
Active Locations (1)
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CHU Sainte Justine
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1C5