Pet robot help for ICU patients on a ventilator
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This trial tests if spending time with a robotic pet (like a dog or cat) can help patients in the intensive care unit who are having trouble breathing on their own. It is for people who have been on a breathing machine for more than three days and whose first attempt to breathe without it didn't work.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Age 18 or older and able to understand what's going on around you.
- Been on a breathing machine (ventilator) for more than 72 hours (3 days).
- First try to breathe without the machine was not successful, but doctors think you're ready to try again.
- No infection with superbugs (multidrug-resistant organisms).
- No need for special infection isolation (like for COVID-19).
- Not have a weak immune system (very low white blood cell count).
- Not be too sedated or drowsy (score above -1 on a sedation scale).
- No breathing tube through your throat (tracheostomy).
- No implanted heart devices like a pacemaker or defibrillator.
- No allergy to the fur on the robotic pet.
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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