Objectives: 1- Determining the effects of intravenous Selenium on reducing mechanical ventilation period in ARDS patients; 2-Determining the effects of intravenous Selenium on the duration of hospitalization of ARDS patients in intensive care unit (ICU); 3- Determining the effects of intravenous Selenium on discontinuing treatment with vasopressors in ARDS patients in ICU; 4- Determining the effects of intravenous Selenium on end-organ damage parameters (SOFA) in ARDS patients in ICU
Design: study groups: This study will be conducted as a randomized clinical trial.Patients will be divided into two groups of treatment with intravenous selenium and placebo; sample size: 40; Blinding: not-blinded; randomization: patients will be divided into two groups, randomly, using Gravtron 2.0 software; Centers: it was a two-centered study, conducted in Shohada and Imam Reza hospitals; Phase: Not Applicable
Setting and conduct: Group A patients will receive intravenous Selenium for 10 days, and Group B patients will receive the same amount of placebo. From all patients, on days 0, 7, and 14 blood samples will be obtained to evaluate the antioxidant status, using glutathione peroxidase kits (TRAP and FRAP). Demographic characteristics, duration of mechanical ventilation, length of hospitalization in ICU, duration of receiving vasopressors, mechanical Indices, Arterial blood gas parameters, SOFA (Sequential Organ Failure Assessment), causes of ICU hospitalization, mortality and receiving fluids will be recorded.
Major inclusion criteria: patients above 18 years; asymmetric and diffused involvemnet of lungs in chest X-ray; lung involvement less than a week; proportion of arterial oxygen pressure (Pao2) to Fio2 more than 200; Exclusion criteria: hypersensitivity to Selenium; pregnancy and lactation; renal failure
Intervention: Intravenous Selenium
Primary outcome measures: Ventilation free days, oxidative stress status (based on Glutathione peroxidase)
Secondary outcome measures: Vasopressor free days