Effect of Inspiratory Muscle Training on Ventilated Patients in an Intensive Care Unit

Launched by CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY · Sep 22, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

Patients on mechanical ventilation often experience rapid diaphragm atrophy on the second day, resulting in muscle fiber changes, respiratory muscle weakness. Clinical studies have explored enhancing diaphragm and respiratory muscle strength and endurance through inspiratory muscle, expiratory muscle, and combined respiratory muscle training. This study was to determine if inspiratory muscle training significantly facilitates liberation from mechanical ventilation and improves muscle strength when compared to without IMT among subacute critically ill adult patients.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • requiring invasive mechanical ventilation for 2 days in an ICU
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • hemodynamic instability (heart rate 120 beats/min, unstable blood pressure, vasopressor infusion)
• • inadequate oxygenation (PEEP 8 cmH2O, FiO2 50%)
• • body temperature 38.5°C
• • sepsis
• • use of sedative infusion
• • steroid administration
• • home ventilator use before ICU admission