Electric Impedance Tomography Before and After Dilatative Tracheotomy

EIT: Changes of Pulmonary Ventilation Before and After Tracheotomy

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02161328

Enrollment

Registered

2014-06-11

Start date

2014-02-28

Completion date

2015-07-15

Last updated

2020-11-16

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Conditions

ICU Patients, Tracheotomy Required

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

OTHEREIT belt

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
volume of ventilation, regional compliance.	Change from Baseline (2 Minutes preoperative) until 2 Minutes postoperative	measurement starts twenty minutes before surgery and ends after realised recruitment after tracheotomy.

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026