Practice of Ventilation in Middle-Income Countries

Launched by ACADEMISCH MEDISCH CENTRUM - UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM (AMC-UVA) · Jun 14, 2017

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ClinConnect Summary

Rationale: scarce information exists on management of mechanical ventilation in intensive care unit (ICU) patients in low- and middle-income countries.

Objective:The primary objective is to describe and compare ventilation management in patients at risk of ARDS versus individuals not at risk, and patients with established ARDS, and to ascertain whether certain ventilation settings are associated with a higher incidence of developing ARDS in patients in ICUs in Asia. PRoVENT-iMIC secondary objectives are to determine the epidemiological characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients at r...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Admitted to an ICU participating in this study
• • Intubated in the ICU, or in the emergency room, general ward, or operation room before the present ICU admission
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Age \< 18 years
• • Patients under invasive mechanical ventilation previous to the 28-day period of inclusion
• • Patients transferred from another hospital under invasive mechanical ventilation
• • Receiving only non-invasive ventilation (i.e., patient never received invasive ventilation during the present admission)