About this trial
This study aims at assessing esophageal pressure in patients with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 undergoing non invasive respiratory support.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
COVID-19
Acute respiratory failure undergoing non-invasive respiratory support
Disqualifiers
Need for immediate endotracheal intubation
Chronic respiratory diseases
Trial population
Patients admitted to the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit of the University Hospital of Modena for acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19 pneumonia and candidate to non invasive respiratory support
Trial design
Cohort
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Inspiratory effort quantification
Esophageal pressure assessment through dedicated esophageal pressure transducer
Secondary outcomes
Non invasive respiratory support failure
Reaching of the criteria for endotracheal intubation
Sponsors and contacts
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