NCT00753129

Head Elevation in Prone Position

Influence of Head Elevation in Prone Position on Gas Exchange and Lung Mechanics in Patients With ALI/ARDS

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Semi-recumbent position leads to improvement of gas exchange and lung mechanics in patients suffering from ALI or ARDS. Prone positioning leads to similar effects. To date, no data on the combination of these two positioning measures exist. The investigators hypothesize that head elevation in prone position leads to improvement in gas exchange and lung mechanics.

Conditions

• Gas Exchange
• Lung Mechanics

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Prone position with head elevation	Head elevation of 30° in prone position (Ant-Trendelenburg position of the whole bed)

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-10-01
• Primary completion: 2010-04-01
• Completion: 2010-04-01
• First posted: 2008-09-16
• Last updated: 2010-05-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Austria