Pleural Effusion Drainage in Mechanically Ventilated Patients Monitored by EIT

Czech Technical University in Prague

Status

Completed

Conditions

Pleural Effusion

Electric Impedance Tomography

Drainage

Treatments

Device: Electrical Impedance Tomography record

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03231072

Ventilation-EIT-PE

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evacuation of pleural effusion (PE) represents a disputable therapy in mechanically ventilated patients. Patients on mechanical ventilation indicated by the physician to pleural fluid evacuation will be monitored throughout the procedure by electrical impedance tomography (EIT) and concurrently end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) will be measured in order to describe impact of PE evacuation on aeration and ventilation of the lungs.

Full description

Critically ill patients treated in intensive care units have a disorder of distribution and volume of body fluids due to principal illness and some therapeutic interventions. One of its manifestations is pleural effusion (PE) formation.

Patients on mechanical ventilation indicated by treating physician to pleural fluid evacuation will be monitored throughout the procedure by electrical impedance tomography (EIT) and concurrently end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) will be measured. The purpose of the study is to better understand impact of PE evacuation on aeration and ventilation of the lungs.

Enrollment

19 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

mechanical ventilation, presence of pleural effusion, decision of the treating physician to drain it

Exclusion criteria

impossibility to apply EIT belt or to find suitable save point for drainage when the EIT belt is attached
standard EIT exclusion criteria according to the device manufacturer