Effect of Nursing Care on Prevention of Dry Eye

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 0000-00-00
• Target enrollment: 300
• Participant gender: Both

Summary

Clinical trial for prevention, randomized controlled, parallel, double-blind, with three arms, which purpose is verify the nursing interventions (artificial tear gel, liquid artificial tears and saline 0.9%)effects to prevent dry eye in adult patients admitted in ICU.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Diego Dias de Araújo
• Collaborators: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico; State University of Montes Claros
• Treatments: Lubricant Eye Drops; Ophthalmic Solutions
• Last Updated: 2016-05-09

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Be over 18 years;

• Did not present dry eye at the time of admission;

• Stay in the ICU for at least 24 hours;

• Be in mechanical ventilation therapy;

• Glance less than 5 per minute;

• Comatose, sedated or Glasgow less than or equal to 7;

• Consent to participate in research or have.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Have not the responsabille authorization;

• Patients with severe eye disease or with history of adverse effects after use of any of the interventions proposed and not tolerate the treatment: artificial tear gel, artificial tear liquid and saline 0.9%.