Investigation of the ventilation distribution in the lungs of healthy subjects depending on body position and positive airway pressure
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Ventilation distribution in the lung under extreme body positioning
- Registration Number
- DRKS00031859
- Lead Sponsor
- niklinikum Freiburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 24
Inclusion Criteria
Healthy adult individuals without cardiovascular pre-existing conditions.
Exclusion Criteria
Known respiratory or cardiac disease, pregnancy, lack of consent, obesity (BMI > 30), pacemaker, implantable cardioverter, defibrillator or other active implants, known heart defects, performance-limiting heart failure, glaucoma or increased intraocular pressure due to other causes
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ventilation inhomogeneity of the lungs as measured by electrical impedance tomography for each continuous pressure support level and each body position
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ventilated lung area and regional ventilation distribution as measured by electrical impedance tomography for each continuous pressure support level and each body position