The PhINEST Study - Pharyngeal ICU Novel Electrical Stimulation Therapy

Resumen breve

This is a prospective, multi-site, randomised, sham-controlled, single-blind (outcome assessor-blinded) study designed to assess the effects of Pharyngeal Electrical Stimulation (PES) (using Phagenyx®) for the treatment of oropharyngeal dysphagia after invasive mechanical ventilation (of any duration) by means of naso or oro-tracheal tube in critically ill intensive care unit (ICU) patients.