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Purpose

The pilot study will randomize 40 ARDS patients who if proning were required would be randomized to upright bed positioning or to stand of care with bed in the head of bed elevation position

Condition

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Between 18 Years and 80 Years
Eligible Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Exclusion Criteria

  • Cancer - Active tracheostomy

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Active Comparator
Intervention 		Upright bed positioning
  • Other: Intervention Upright Bed positioning
    Patient in receipt of the upright bed positioning will receive daily upright bed positioning time each day of mechanical ventilation following the time required by institutional protocol for ARDS - associated prone positioning
No Intervention
Standard of Care 		Standard of Care Head of Bed Elevation

Recruiting Locations

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham 4049979, Alabama 4829764 35223

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Contact

peter morris, md
205-934-5548
pmorris@uabmc.edu

Detailed Description

Patients will be randomized to receive either daily upright bed positioning or to receive standard of care with head of bed elevated.

Notice

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