herQLUS * Assessment of Lung Aeration by Lung Ultrasound in Intensive Care Unit Patients; Development of a Quantitative Analysis Method

Completed

Conditions: 'increased lungdensity' and 'decreased amount of air in the lung'
10038716

Registration Number: NL-OMON46372

Lead Sponsor: Academisch Medisch Centrum

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

* Admitted to the intensive care unit for adults of the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* Receiving invasive ventilation
* Having a chest CT-scan performed on a clinical indication

Exclusion Criteria

* Age < 18 years
* Lung Ultrasound (LUS) not feasible (e.g., severe chest trauma, extensive burns on the thorax, open wounds on the thorax)
* No written informed consent of the patient or his/her formal representative
* Reported allergy to skin tape, necessary to attach the skin markers to identify fields at chest CT scans

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Lung aeration of the 12 lung regions evaluated through LUS.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>* Lung aeration as measured by CT<br /><br>* Estimation of lung aeration by a conventional visual LUS scoring<br /><br>* Other LUS findings (e.g., pleural line abnormalities, lung pulse, lung<br /><br>sliding abolition, pleural effusion)<br /><br>* Indications for chest CT scanning<br /><br>* Mechanical ventilator settings during the LUS examination and chest CT-scan<br /><br>* Ventilator parameters<br /><br>* Hemodynamical parameters</p><br>