Analysis of lung ventilation during prone positioning of patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) using Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT)

Analysis of lung ventilation during prone positioning of patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) using Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) - proneEIT

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00009555

Enrollment

Registered

2015-10-26

Start date

2015-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

J80

Interventions

Group 1: Analysis of lung ventilation using electrical impedance tomography (EIT) before, during and after proning of patients with acute respiratory distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Decision of the treating physicians to use prone positioning and electrical impedance tomography to detect lung ventilation 2. Prone positioning of the Patient according to our hospital's standard operating procedure 3. Diagnosis of ARDS according to the Berlin Definition (PaO2/FiO2 Ratio below 300mmHg, see ARDS Definition Task Force, JAMA 2012)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients, where electrical impedance tomography is not used

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Detection of a shift in lung ventilation towards dorsal parts of the lung during prone positioning using electric impedance tomography	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Detection of recruitment of poorly aerated lung regions by prone positioning 2. Detection of an increment in the amount of aerated lung volume by prone positioning 3. Proof of a correlation between quantitative computer tomography parameters (distribution of atelectasis, lung weight) and improvement of gas exchange due to prone positioning 4. Proof of a minor degree of skin irritations by prone positioning and electrical impedance tomography measurements 5. Comparison of electrical impedance tomography and PV-Loop (LIP) for determination of the "best PEEP"	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Detection of recruitment of poorly aerated lung regions by prone positioning 2. Detection of an increment in the amount of aerated lung volume by prone positioning 3. Proof of a correlation between quantitative computer tomography parameters (distribution of atelectasis, lung weight) and improvement of gas exchange due to prone positioning 4. Proof of a minor degree of skin irritations by prone positioning and electrical impedance tomography measurements 5. Comparison of electrical impedance tomography and PV-Loop (LIP) for determination of the "best PEEP"

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactHermann Wrigge

Klinik für Anästhesiologie und IntensivtherapieUniversitätsklinikum Leipzig

anaesthesie@medizin.uni-leipzig.de03419717700

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026