NCT00141440

The Effect of Cycling Off Criteria During Pressure Support Ventilation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 13 (actual)
• Sponsor: Policlinico Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators' aim is to study the effect of cycling off criteria during pressure support ventilation in COPD patients at two levels of PEEP and PSV.

Detailed description

In this study two levels of cycling off criteria at two levels of PEEP and PSV were tested in term of gas exchange, respiratory mechanics, work of breathing and patient comfort.

Conditions

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	mechanical ventilation	evaluated the effect of two different cycling off criteria on breathing pattern, respiratory effort, and gas exchange in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-07-01
• Primary completion: 2007-03-01
• Completion: 2007-03-01
• First posted: 2005-09-01
• Last updated: 2009-12-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy