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Study aim
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comparison of effects of nebulised Fursemide, oxygen and placebo in patients with acute dyspnea transmited to hospitals by EMS
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Design
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Clinical trial with control group, with parallel groups, double-blind, randomized, phase 3 on 300 patients. In order to randomize, the block randomization method will be used.
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Settings and conduct
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In this study, All patients with acute dyspnea transferred to hospitals by emergency will be enrolled. Patients will be randomly divided into 3 groups based on Blocks with size 12. The sample size for each study group is 100. A total of 300 patients will be examined. Patients and data analyzer will be blind.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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All patients with acute dyspnea transferred to hospitals by emergency will be enrolled. Inclusion criteria: Patient transfer by pre-hospital emergency, patients over 18 years, . Exclusion criteria: patients over 75 years, Patients require mechanical ventilation, Loss of consciousness, Accompanied by another disease that requires treatment in the first 10 minutes of treatment with digoxin, beta-blocker, beta-agonist and calcium blocker, Need another inhalation treatment in the first 10 minutes, Need non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
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Intervention groups
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Intervention group 1: In addition to routine treatment, 40 mg of inhaled furosemide will be given as a nebulizer at the scene.
Intervention group 2: In addition to routine treatment, oxygen will be administered at the scene with a mechanical nebulizer.
Control group: In addition to routine treatment, 10 cc of normal saline will be prescribed as a placebo at the scene.
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Main outcome variables
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Acute dyspnea; Percentage of oxygen saturation