NCT00682942

How to Predict Lung Recruitment at the Bedside in Patients Affected by Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ALI/ARDS)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Policlinico Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators aim to compare four different lung recruitment techniques (described in literature) to Computed tomography scan analysis.

Detailed description

The investigators aim to compare four different lung recruitment techniques (described in literature) to Computed tomography scan analysis: * stress index technique * peep test * recruitment technique used in the EXPRESS study * recruitment technique used in the LOV study

Conditions

• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-05-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2011-06-01
• First posted: 2008-05-23
• Last updated: 2011-12-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy