Analysis of lung ventilation during prone positioning of patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) using Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT)
Recruiting
- Conditions
- J80Adult respiratory distress syndrome
- Registration Number
- DRKS00009555
- Lead Sponsor
- Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Leipzig
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
1. Decision of the treating physicians to use prone positioning and electrical impedance tomography to detect lung ventilation
2. Prone positioning of the Patient according to our hospital's standard operating procedure
3. Diagnosis of ARDS according to the Berlin Definition (PaO2/FiO2 Ratio below 300mmHg, see ARDS Definition Task Force, JAMA 2012)
Exclusion Criteria
Patients, where electrical impedance tomography is not used
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Detection of a shift in lung ventilation towards dorsal parts of the lung during prone positioning using electric impedance tomography
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Detection of recruitment of poorly aerated lung regions by prone positioning<br>2. Detection of an increment in the amount of aerated lung volume by prone positioning<br>3. Proof of a correlation between quantitative computer tomography parameters (distribution of atelectasis, lung weight) and improvement of gas exchange due to prone positioning<br>4. Proof of a minor degree of skin irritations by prone positioning and electrical impedance tomography measurements<br>5. Comparison of electrical impedance tomography and PV-Loop (LIP) for determination of the best PEEP