Measuring airway opening pressure in ventilated patients
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study looks at the pressure needed to open the airways in patients on a breathing machine. By measuring this, doctors hope to better understand and improve breathing support.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You are in an intensive care unit (ICU).
- You are on a ventilator with a breathing tube in your throat (not through a hole in your neck).
- The ventilator is fully controlling your breaths (you are under sedation or not helping with breaths).
- We know the exact time the breathing tube was put in.
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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