Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Effects of Acetazolamide on the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation in Patients With Metabolic Alkalosis. Phase III Multicenter Double-blinded Clinical Trial.
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to analyze whether the treatment of metabolic alkalosis with acetazolamide in intubated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) reduces the length of mechanical ventilation (MV).