At time of discharge from hospital, 40 ALS patients willbe enrolled in a telesurveillance program (TP) for the management of cought at home.
Two hours of an in-hospital educational training will be provided to patients and caregivers on the use of:
air stacking with Ambu balloon
manual manoeuvres and
in-Exoflator device indications and use

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

A telesurveillance program for cough assistance will be approched by the use of an in-exoflator device. Measurement of oxygen saturation (SpO2) will be performed by a Nonin 9500 oxymeter (Minneapolis Plymouth USA).

telesurveillance

association of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

Michele Vitacca

Feasibility of Telesurveillance and Home Cough Assistance for Amyotrophic Lateral Patients (ALS)

Principal Investigator

Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri

Standard benzodiazepine therapy plus baclofen 10 mg every 8 hours for 72 hours (9 doses) as an inpatient, or until discharge if before 72 hours.

Standard benzodiazepine therapy plus placebo every eight hous as inpatients for 72 hours or until discharge if less than 72 hours.

Baclofen

Placebo

Total

Sex: Female, Male

Region of Enrollment

In acutely-withdrawing alcoholic patients treated with either baclofen or placebo, symptom-driven benzodiazepine doses were assessed for the 72 hours following the first Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment (CIWA) score of 11 or greater.

Benzodiazepine Doses Used to Treat Acutely-withdrawing Alcoholic Patients in the Baclofen-treated and Placebo-treated Groups

Overall Study

Charles E Gessert, MD, MPH

Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium

Baclofen 10 mg by mouth every 8 hours for 72 hours or until discharge if before 72 hours.

Lorazepam was provided to all subjects (both arms of the study), as indicated by clinical condition. Standard "symptom-triggered dosing" of lorazepam for alcohol withdrawal was used. That is, the size and the frequency of the dose of lorazepam was determined by the severity of the alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/حمى

Feasibility of Telesurveillance and Home Cough Assistance for Amyotrophic Lateral Patients (ALS)

Treating Alcohol Withdrawal With Oral Baclofen

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