N/A Completed N=90

Remifentanil Versus Dexmedetomidine for Post-Cardiac Surgery Patients With Noninvasive Ventilation Intolerance

Cardiac surgery

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03395886 ↗

Enrolled (actual)

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Nov 2019

Primary outcomePrimary: Number of Participants With NIV Failure — 10; 8 Participants — p=0.831

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the sedation effects between remifentanil and dexmedetomidine in post-cardiac surgical patients who developed noninvasive ventilation (NIV) intolerance.

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Number of Participants With NIV Failure	10; 8	0.831
SECONDARY Number of Participants With NIV Mitigation	44; 31	0.800

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

adult patients
after cardiac surgery
receiving noninvasive ventilation
moderate to severe NIV intolerance (NIV intolerance score of 3 or 4)

Exclusion Criteria

difficult expectoration
pregnancy or breastfeeding
intensive care delirium screening checklist score more than 4
drug abuse history
known allergy to opiods
cardiogenic shock
malignant arrhythmias

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