Prospective, Open, Non-interventional Study to Assess the Ability of an Electrical Impedance Tomograph (PlumoVista 500)

Inclusion criteria

• Pediatric male or female patients excluding preterm infants
• Patients with a chest circumference between 36 and 72 cm
• Patients ≤ 12 years.
• Patients with a tidal volume > 20 ml, i.e., children with a body weight of more than 3.3 kg (assuming a targeted tidal volume of 6 mL/kg body weight)
• Patients for whom mechanical ventilation is intended
• Patients whose regional distribution of ventilation and of lung volume are of clinical interest
• Patients who are (should be) ventilated via an artificial airway access, whereby the ventilator used is compatible with PulmoVista 500
• Patients and / or their legal guardians or legal representatives who have given written informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who are supplied with a permanent or temporary pacemaker, an implantable defibrillator or other medical devices that emit electrical energy (e.g. cochlea amplifier implant)
• Patients with a tidal volume ≤ 20 ml
• Patients in whom the application of the electrode belt could be impaired by wound care or infections in the chest area
• Female patients for whom pregnancy cannot be excluded; a pregnancy test should be performed at the discretion of the investigator.
• Patients with an alleged allergic reaction to the materials of the electrode belt
• Patients with a Body Mass Index (BMI) > 40
• Evidence that suggests that the patient or their legal representative will not comply with the protocol requirements
• Patients with a proven infectious disease (e.g. SARS-COV-19, MRSA) that requires isolation of the patient