Compare two ways to place a bedside tracheostomy
Part of Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This study compares two methods doctors can use to place a tracheostomy (a breathing tube in the windpipe) at the bedside. It may help find a safer or easier approach for people who need long-term breathing support or cannot be safely weaned from a breathing machine.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are in an intensive care unit and currently have a breathing tube (intubated).
- Your care team plans a percutaneous tracheostomy using a dilating technique for medical reasons like long breathing-machine support or trouble weaning.
- You are 18 to 85 years old.
- You do not have major neck or trachea problems that affect the procedure, such as significant neck/trachea abnormalities.
- You do not have a neck soft-tissue infection or a history of neck surgery.
- Your blood clotting is within acceptable limits (not severely low platelets and not significantly abnormal clotting test results).
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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