EndotyPIng PreHospitAl de Novo Acute hYpoxemic Respiratory Failure
Trial Parameters
Brief Summary
We attempt to perform dynamic endotyping of critically ill patients presenting in the emergency department with de novo acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF). We also attempt to identify what clinical, radiological, physiological and biological variables collected early in the course of AHRF correlate with subsequent mortality and/or persistent severe hypoxemia.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients (aged \>18 years) presenting in the emergency department * De novo acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (requiring oxygen flow rate of 5 liters per minute or more to maintain SpO2 of 90% or more) Exclusion Criteria: * Age \<18 years * Not admitted to the hospital * Postoperative acute respiratory failure (within one week from surgery) * Chronic hypoxemic respiratory failure (requiring long term oxygen therapy at home) * Hypercapnic respiratory failure * Transferred from another hospital or facility * Pregnant women * Admitted to the hospital purely to facilitate comfort care * Lack of informed consent