32
Participants
Start Date
August 1, 2016
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2019
Study Completion Date
September 30, 2019
Acute Intervention
"Patients will be set up onto their Non Invasive Ventilator and assessed for an hour prior to, during and following secretion clearance and will have the following assessed:~* Electrical impedance tomography (EIT)~* EMGpara~* SpO2~* tcCO2~* Respiratory inductance plethysmography~* EIT will be performed as 2 to 10-minutes recording of quiet breathing before and after each intervention~Interventions will be set as follows with a 30 minute washout period between modes:~* Manual techniques only~* MIE at low pressure (+30 to -30)~* MIE at high pressure (+60 to -60)"
Stable Intervention
"Patients will be set up onto their Non Invasive Ventilator and assessed for an hour prior to, during and following secretion clearance and will have the following assessed:~* Electrical impedance tomography (EIT)~* EMGpara~* SpO2~* tcCO2~* Respiratory inductance plethysmography~* EIT will be performed as 2 to 10-minutes recording of quiet breathing before and after each intervention~Interventions will be set as follows with a 30 minute washout period between modes:~* Manual techniques only~* MIE at low pressure (+30 to -30)~* MIE at high pressure (+60 to -60)"
Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation, London
B&D Electromedical
INDUSTRY
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
OTHER