Regional lung function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) determined by electrical impedance tomography
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- COPDJ44.9Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified
- Registration Number
- DRKS00010471
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, written consent, age 18-99 years.
Exclusion Criteria
Withdrawal of written consent, diseases wwith contradictions for pulmonary function testing like: symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm, acute myocardial infarction,thoracic deformities, patients who are incapable of giving concent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Determination of regional ventilation distribution in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease using electical impedance tomography in parallel with conventional pulmonary function testing using spirometry
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Development of new regional lung function parameters for the assessment of airway obstruction in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease using electrical imepdance tomography