The Specific Lung Elastance in Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ALI/ARDS) Patients in Supine and Prone Position

Policlinico Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Acute Lung Injury

Treatments: Procedure: specific elastance

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00568659

1111

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators aim is to study the specific lung elastance in ALI/ARDS patients during invasive mechanical ventilation, in supine and prone position.

Full description

In sedated and paralyzed ALI/ARDS patients, we study and compare the specific lung elastance in supine and prone position during invasive mechanical ventilation.

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ALI/ARDS patients during invasive mechanical ventilation

Exclusion criteria

• Haemodynamic failure, pneumothorax

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 1 patient group

1

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: specific elastance