Preventing pneumonia in ventilated patients
Part of Infections, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests whether a special care routine can prevent lung infections (pneumonia) in patients on breathing machines in the intensive care unit.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are in the lung intensive care unit
- You are 18 years or older
- You are on a breathing machine (ventilator) with a tube in your windpipe
- Your level of consciousness is moderately good (Glasgow Coma Scale score of 8 or higher)
- You have been in the ICU for at least 24 hours
- You do not already have signs of ventilator-associated pneumonia
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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