Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of Electrical Impedance Tomography to Detect Situations at Risk of Lesions Induced by Conventional Mechanical Ventilation in ARDS
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
About this trial
This is an interventional diagnostic trial for Respiratory Distress Syndrome focused on measuring positive expiratory pressure (PEP), Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), electrical impedance tomography (EIT), tidal volume (TV), transpulmonary pressure (TPP)
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged ≥18 years
- Hospitalised in the medical resuscitation department of the Croix Rousse hospital, Lyon, Fr
- With ARDS according to the 1994 American-European Consensus Conference
- Duration of ARDS less than 96 hours
- With invasive mechanical ventilation
- With sedative and analgesic treatment for adaptation of the respirator with or without neuromuscular blocking agents
- Consent obtained from patient family
- Indication for thoracic scanner as judged by the physician in charge of the patient
Exclusion Criteria:
Excessively serious respiration precluding the modifications to ventilation planned in the protocol
- severe hypoxemia defined as sever by arterial blood pressure/fraction of inspired oxygen (PaO2/ FiO2) below 100 mm Hg in dorsal decubitus position
- uncontrolled respiratory acidosis, defined by a pH below 7.25, despite an increase of respiratory frequency up to 35/min and a tidal volume up to 8 mL/kg of predicted weight
- respiratory system plateau pressure higher than 30 cm H2O, with a tidal volume below or equal to 6 mL/kg of predicted weight.
Contraindication for transport to the radiology department
- uncontrolled hemodynamic instability defined by a mean arterial blood pressure below 65 mm Hg, despite use of antihypotensive agents
- patient requiring continuous dialysis without possibility for disconnection for reason of uncontrolled metabolic acidosis (pH<7.20).
Without reliable monitoring during transport of the patient to the radiology department
- absence of invasive arterial pressure measurement
- unreliable measurement of arterial saturation in oxygen (SpO2) defined by a perfusion index below 0.5.
- Intracranial hypertension
- Impossible to apply EIT electrodes on the thorax of the patient (burns, dressings, …)
- Undrained pneumothorax or bronchopleural fistula
- Scanner unavailable for the study (broken down, overloaded program, …)
Contraindication esophageal balloon catheter
- Known or suspected esophageal disease (tumor, esophageal varices, esophagitis, diverticulum, ...)
- Latex allergy
- Patient previously included in the study
- Vulnerable persons (as defined in laws L1121-5 to L1121-7, L1121-8 and L1122-1-2
Sites / Locations
- Hôpital de la Croix Rousse
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
ventilatory conditions and measures with scanner and EIT
The patient is installed on the scanner bed, EIT electrodes are connected to the acquisition device of the EIT signal. Esophageal pressure signals, pressure and flow in the airways will be acquired continuously