Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00284102
PEEP Test and Gas Exchange in ALI/ARDS Patients
Positive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) Test and Gas Exchange in ALI/ARDS Patients
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 50 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Policlinico Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 16 Years – 90 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The investigators aim to study the effect of different levels of PEEP in ALI/ARDS patients on gas exchange.
Detailed description
In a population of ALI/ARDS patients during mechanical ventilation we will evaluate the effect of different levels of PEEP on gas exchange and dead space.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Mechanical ventilation | measurement of gas exchange, dead space, respiratory mechanics 5, 15, 30, 60 minutes from PEEP change (5 and 15 cmH2O) |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2006-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2008-04-01
- Completion
- 2008-04-01
- First posted
- 2006-01-31
- Last updated
- 2008-09-25
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Italy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00284102. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.