Respiratory system mechanics and electrical impedance tomography measurements during mechanical ventilation with heliox in infants with respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract disease

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Lower Respiratory Tract Disease (RSV LRTD); Respiratory; Respiratory Syncytial Virus

• Registration Number: ISRCTN98152468
• Lead Sponsor: VU University Medical Center (The Netherlands)

Brief Summary

2009 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1186/cc7880 (added 26/08/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2005-12-20
• Study Completion: 2007-04-01
• Last Update Posted: 7 September 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 13

Inclusion Criteria

Mechanically ventilated infants younger than 12 months of age with a virologically proven RSV infection.

Exclusion Criteria

Older than 12 months of age, no informed consent, prior use of corticosteroids, infants on high-frequency oscillatory ventilation and infant wit a haemodynamically significant congenital heart defect.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Respiratory system mechanics (compliance and resistance).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Arterial partial pressure of Carbon Dioxide (pCO2).