An Algorithmic Approach to Ventilator Withdrawal at the End of Life
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Brief summary
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The proposed study is an important, under-investigated area of ICU care for terminally ill patients undergoing terminal ventilator withdrawal. The proposed research has relevance to public health because an algorithmic approach to the ventilator withdrawal process will enhance clinicians' ability to conduct the process while assuring patient comfort, using opioids and/or benzodiazepines effectively.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03121391
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 165 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 19, 2017
- Primary completion
- Jul 30, 2022
- Completion
- Jul 30, 2022
- Last update posted
- Nov 28, 2022
2017 – 2022
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 5
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Receiving Hospital | Detroit | Michigan | 48201 | — |
| Harper University Hospital | Detroit | Michigan | 48201 | — |
| Henry Ford Health System | Detroit | Michigan | 48202 | — |
| William Beaumont Hospital | Royal Oak | Michigan | 48073 | — |
| Ascension Providence Hospital | Southfield | Michigan | 48075 | — |
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