A Validation Study of a New System for Measuring the End Expiratory Lung Volume During Mechanical Ventilation

Policlinico Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Respiratory Failure

Treatments: Procedure: Helium dilution technique, lung CT scan

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00405002

101020

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study the investigators aim to evaluate a new system dedicated to estimate the end expiratory lung volume, by measuring the VO2-VCO2, during mechanical ventilation compared to the helium dilution technique and the computed tomography (CT) scan.

Full description

In this study we aimed to evaluate a new system dedicated to estimate the end expiratory lung volume, by measuring the VO2-VCO2, during mechanical ventilation compared to the Helium dilution technique and the CT scan. We will compare the data considering the CT scan data as the gold standard.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult intubated subjects

Exclusion criteria

• Barotrauma

Trial design

30 participants in 1 patient group

1

Description:

ALI/ARDS patients

Treatment:

Procedure: Helium dilution technique, lung CT scan