NCT06174636

Lung Overdistension and Abdominal Pressure Rise

Lung Overdistension and Abdominal Pressure Rise: an EIT Based Pilot Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Padova · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this pilot interventional no-profit study is to evaluate airway pressure, esophageal pressure and variations in lung volume distribution with EIT in mechanically ventilated patients admitted to our UTI with respiratory failure after the application of an abdominal weight and resulting increase of intra-abdominal pressure.

Conditions

• Respiratory Failure
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Application of abdominal weight	Application of variable weight on the abdomen to reach a 5 mmHg increase in IAP

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-06-20
• Primary completion: 2025-06-01
• Completion: 2025-06-01
• First posted: 2023-12-18
• Last updated: 2023-12-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy