Breathing muscle stimulation for ventilator patients
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests whether a special device that stimulates the muscles you use to breathe (like a pacemaker for your breathing muscles) can help people on a breathing machine get stronger and wean off the ventilator sooner.
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Who can take part
- You are between 18 and 80 years old.
- You have been on a breathing machine (ventilator) for more than 2 days.
- Your blood pressure is stable (not needing strong medicines to keep it up).
- Your sedation level is between restless and lightly sedated (RASS score 1 to −2).
- You do not have a pacemaker, unhealed chest or belly wounds, recent airway surgery, or high pressure in your skull.
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding.
- You have no plans to stop life support.
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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