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NCT Number: NCT02161328

Electric Impedance Tomography Before and After Dilatative Tracheotomy

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.

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Key information

Conditions

ICU Patients Tracheotomy Required

Age range

18 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Universitätsklikum Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

EIT belt

Other

Primary outcomes

  1. volume of ventilation, regional compliance.

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

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

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Stefan Kluge

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Registry information

Official study title

EIT: Changes of Pulmonary Ventilation Before and After Tracheotomy

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2015
First posted
Jun 11, 2014
Registry last updated
Nov 16, 2020

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