Diaphragm thickening fraction predicts noninvasive ventilation outcome: a preliminary physiological study.

Giovanna MercurioSonia D'ArrigoRossana MoroniDomenico Luca GriecoLuca Salvatore MengaAnna RomanoMaria Giuseppina AnnettaMaria Grazia BocciDavide EleuteriGiuseppe BelloLuca MontiniMariano Alberto PennisiGiorgio ContiMassimo Antonelli

Published in: Critical care (London, England) (2021)

DTF and respiratory rate/DTF ratio may both represent valid, feasible and noninvasive tools to predict NIV outcome in patients with de-novo ARF. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02976233, registered 26 November 2016.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
study protocol
phase iii
randomized controlled trial
respiratory failure