Airway stenosis, BA, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) and mechanical ventilation for respiratory failure, interstitial pneumonia, relapsing polychondritis
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Men and women over 20 years old. 2. Outpatients or hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchial asthma, sleep apnea syndrome (SAS), mechanical ventilation for respiratory failure and a control of healthy multidisciplinary healthcare workers with no history of respiratory diseases. 3. All subjects agreed to participate in this study and gave written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Subjects who are or suspected to be pregnant. 2. Patients with fever and with worsening respiratory symptoms within 2 weeks. 3. Any other cases regarded as inadequate for study enrollment by the investigators.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The correlation between percent predicted forced expiratory volume in one second by spirometer and the motion of the thorax in 1 second by time-of-flight sensor. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessment of ventilation distribution by measuring the motion of the thorax divided into six regions, the left upper, left middle, left lower, right upper, right middle and right lower. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
St. Marianna University School of Medicine Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine