Ultrasound heart imaging to help predict trouble weaning off a ventilator
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study uses a special ultrasound of the heart to help predict whether you might fail a trial of breathing on your own after being on a breathing machine. If the test can predict trouble early, clinicians may choose safer weaning plans.
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Who can take part
- Be an adult (18 or older) in the intensive care unit and currently on a breathing machine
- Be able to go through a standard “weaning trial,” which tests whether you can breathe without full machine support
- Have a normal heart rhythm (sinus rhythm)
- Not be pregnant
- Your medical team must not think you have a nerve or muscle disease that affects breathing (neuro-myopathy)
- You should not already have a tracheotomy, and the ultrasound should be possible: there must be enough image quality to see at least a four-chamber view of the heart on ultrasound
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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