Status:

UNKNOWN

Electrical Activity of the Diaphragm During Extubation Readiness Testing

Lead Sponsor:

Boston Children's Hospital

Conditions:

Extubation

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 18 years

Brief Summary

Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) is a FDA approved mode of mechanical ventilation. This mode of ventilation is currently in routine use in adult, pediatric and neonatal intensive care units...

Detailed Description

1. Specific Aims /Objectives Specific Aim 1: To determine if Edi is a predictor of extubation readiness. (Hypothesis: an increase of 20-50% in Edi from baseline (prior to ERT) will predict successful ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All intubated and mechanically ventilated patients age 1 month to 18 years and meeting the extubation readiness criterion.

Exclusion

  • Patients in which a nasal gastric or oral gastric tube is contraindicated. Examples are but not limited to: s/p esophagus, tracheal surgery, bleeding disorders, facial trauma.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2008

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

25 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00814853

Start Date

October 1 2008

End Date

March 1 2010

Last Update

August 4 2009

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Children's Hospital Boston

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115