Clinical Trial: Non-invasive Measurements of Elastance and Resistance

Study Status: Suspended
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Non-invasive Respiratory Mechanics Assessment During Spontaneous / Assisted Breathing: The ERNI (Elastance, Resistance, Non Invasive Measurements) Study

Brief Summary: The study aims to assess the agreement between respiratory mechanics parameters measured noninvasively by means of brief airways occlusions at the beginning of inspiration and the reference parameters obtained with standard techniques of esophageal and gastric pressure under static and dynamic conditions in a mixed population of ICU patients mechanically ventilated in pressure support ventilation mode.

Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: University of Turin, Italy

Current Primary Outcome: Non-invasive respiratory mechanics measurement [ Time Frame: 2 hours ]

use of 150-200 ms airway occlusions at the beginning of inspiration to measure non-invasive respiratory mechanics


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

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Information By: University of Turin, Italy

Dates:
Date Received: February 6, 2012
Date Started: February 2012
Date Completion: November 2012
Last Updated: February 8, 2012
Last Verified: February 2012