Role of Lung Ultrasound in Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation in Postoperative Neurosurgical ICU Patients
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03921112 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 19, 2019
Last Update Posted : May 19, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Intensive Care (ICU) | Device: lung ultrasound Other: routine tools | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 130 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Role of Lung Ultrasound in Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation in Postoperative Neurosurgical ICU Patients :Prospective , Randomized Double-blinded Study |
Actual Study Start Date : | April 3, 2019 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | August 1, 2019 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 1, 2019 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: lung ultrasound |
Device: lung ultrasound
bedside lung ultrasound will be done for patients Other: routine tools chest X-ray , ABG, RSBI, Ventilator parameters will be done for all patients |
Active Comparator: x-ray, ABG, RSBI, Vetilator parameters |
Other: routine tools
chest X-ray , ABG, RSBI, Ventilator parameters will be done for all patients |
- success of weaning [ Time Frame: success of weaning for 48 hours ]trans-thoracic lung ultrasound will be done to patients to start weaning

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 20 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Mechanically ventilated patients
- ASAI ,ASAII, ASAIII
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients or gurdians refuse
- Patients with pneumthorax
- Patients with pleural effusion
- Patients with surgical emphysema
- Glasco coma score more than 8
- Patients on high inotropic support
- patients with diaphragmatic paralysis

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03921112
Egypt | |
Ain Shams University hospitals | |
Cairo, Egypt, 11591 |
Principal Investigator: | Amin m Alansary | Ain Shams University |
Responsible Party: | Amin Mohammed Alansary Amin Ahmed Helwa, Assistant professor, Ain Shams University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03921112 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
FMASU R26/2019 |
First Posted: | April 19, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 19, 2020 |
Last Verified: | May 2020 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |