Status:
COMPLETED
Heliox and Posture in Patients With Asthma
Lead Sponsor:
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Conditions:
Acute Asthma
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to verify that nebulization with bronchodilators associated with heliox gas (helium + oxygen) and the posture of a leaning forward truck is effective in patients with an a...
Detailed Description
When associated with inhaled bronchodilators, the heliox, a mixture of helium and oxygen in obstructive lung diseases with asthma, reduces the turbulence of airflow despite high rates, due to its low ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- reversibility of bronchial obstruction after administration of bronchodilator drugs for at least 10% in FEV1
- a clinical diagnosis of acute severe asthma
- a history of asthma over 1 year
- duration of the crisis of current asthma lasting less than seven days
Exclusion
- were unable to understand or perform the spirometric maneuver
- smoking (within the last 3 years associated with a higher consumption of 100 cigarettes/year)
- other pulmonary comorbidities
- lower to upper airways
- heart failure
- heart rate greater than 150 bpm
- systolic pressure below 90 mmHg or greater than 150 MHG
- pregnancy
- inability to stay inline with the trunk forward
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
59 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00922350
Start Date
June 1 2008
End Date
December 1 2008
Last Update
June 17 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Barros Lima Policlinic
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil