Checking breathing effort in ICU patients on a ventilator
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This trial measures how your breathing muscles work while we try taking you off the breathing machine. The results could help doctors predict when you're ready to breathe on your own.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older
- You have a small tube in your food pipe (esophageal catheter) as part of your normal care
- You are expected to be ready for a 'spontaneous breathing trial' (test of your ability to breathe without the machine) soon
- You do not have severe heart failure requiring a mechanical heart pump
- You do not have very advanced COPD (chronic lung disease)
- You are not pregnant and you do not need a heart-lung machine (ECMO)
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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