Prone Position Assessed by 3D EIT

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Respiratory Failure; ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome)

Treatments: Behavioral: Prone position

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07083973

Prone position by 3D-EIT

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate global and regional changes in lung ventilation and perfusion induced by prone position in ARDS patients assessed by 3D-EIT. And to investigate the difference between 2D-EIT and 3D-EIT in prone position monitoring.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients on mechanical ventilation.
• Diagnosis of ARDS was based on the Berlin definition
• Patients in need of prone position because of clinical condition

Exclusion criteria

• Under 18 years of age.
• Pregnant women;
• Ribcage malformation
• Any contraindication to the use of EIT (e.g. automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator, and implantable pumps).