Electric Impedance Tomography Before and After Dilatative Tracheotomy

Stefan Kluge29 enrolled

Overview

The changes of local pulmonary ventilation should be registered with an electric impedance tomography (EIT) before and after a dilatative tracheotomy. The hypothesis is that the EIT cannot show changes in local ventilation due to the tracheotomy.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

ICU Patients Tracheotomy Required

Interventions

EIT beltOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 85 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * treatment on ICU * indication for tracheotomy * age between 18 and 85 years * written to consent Exclusion Criteria: * severe chronic pulmonary disease * cardio pulmonary unstable situation

Locations (2)

Universitätsklikum Hamburg Eppendorf

Hamburg, Germany

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf

Hamburg, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

volume of ventilation, regional compliance.

measurement starts twenty minutes before surgery and ends after realised recruitment after tracheotomy.

Time frame: Change from Baseline (2 Minutes preoperative) until 2 Minutes postoperative

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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