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Aspiration in Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors 2
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT05108896
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to learn more about problems with swallowing that could develop
in patients who are very sick and need a machine to help them breathe.
Official Title
Aspiration in Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors
Stanford Investigator(s)
Joseph Levitt, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Admission to an ICU.
2. Mechanical ventilation with an endotracheal tube for greater than 48 hours.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Contraindication to enteral nutrition administration.
2. Pre-existing history of dysphagia or aspiration.
3. Pre-existing or acute primary central or peripheral neuromuscular disorder.
4. Presence of a chronic tracheostomy (present prior to ICU admission).
5. Pre-existing head and neck cancer or surgery.
6. Coagulopathy resulting in uncontrolled nasal or pharyngeal bleeding.
7. Delirium for more than 72 hours after extubation as assessed by Confusion Assessment
Method (CAM-ICU).
8. Extubated for greater than 72 hours.
9. Inability to obtain informed consent from patient or an appropriate surrogate.
10. Age < 18 years.
Intervention(s):
diagnostic test: 3-Screenings Protocol
diagnostic test: FEES
diagnostic test: Tracheal Ultrasound
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Joseph Levitt, MD, MS