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Register: SLCTR
Last refreshed on: 27 April 2013
Main ID:  SLCTR/2012/006
Date of registration: 13/06/2012
Primary sponsor: Dr. Vasanthi Pinto
Public title: A study to determine the improvement of oxygenation by adopting the normal sleeping body position in individuals during artificial ventilation
Scientific title: A study to determine the improvement of oxygenation by adopting the normal sleeping body position in individuals during artificial ventilation
Date of first enrolment: 1/8/2012
Target sample size: 174 (87 subjects per group)
Recruitment status: Pending
URL:  http://www.slctr.lk/trial_details.asp?reg_id={AD5DB50F-7301-48F2-9337-CA5A37C381FE}
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Single center, single blind, parallel group, randomized controlled trial  
Countries of recruitment
Sri Lanka
Contacts
Name: Dr. Vasanthi Pinto 
Address:  Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Telephone: 0773662199
Email: vasantipinto@yahoo.com
Affiliation:  Consultant Anaesthetist , Senior Lecturer
Name: Dr. Vasanthi Pinto 
Address:  Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Telephone: 0773662199
Email: vasantipinto@yahoo.com
Affiliation:  Consultant Anaesthetist, Senior Lecturer
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients receiving mechanical ventilation in SIMV mode
Exclusion criteria: Asthma, COPD, segmental lung pathologies, chest deformities, cerebral oedema with evidence of raised intracranial pressure, clinical conditions that may contraindicate the change of position such as fractures, spinal injuries, haemodynamic instability

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Oxygenation in ventilated patients
Intervention(s)
Following randomization, the following will be carried out on the intervention group:


1.Stabilization in semi recumbent position (the normal nursing position in ICU)

2.Patients placed in normal sleeping position (head and arm position) for 1 hour

3.Return to semi recumbent position
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Arterial blood gas readings

2. Arterial oxygen saturation

3. Spontaneous tidal volume

4. Respiratory rate

Secondary Outcome(s)
1.Time taken to wean from the ventilator

2. Mortality at the discharge from the ICU
Secondary ID(s)
None
Source(s) of Monetary Support
None
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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