Active clinical trials for "Acute Lung Injury"

An assessment of early management of moderate-severe ARDS in the United States, including ventilator management and use of rescue therapy.

To observe changes of circulating and tissue dendritic cells in acute lung injury,including invasive aspergillosis pneumonia

The purpose of this study is to compare lung recruitment in acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) based on lower inflection point with transthoracic ultrasonographic assessment of lung recruitment.

To study the association of the thoracic fluid content and acute lung injury during liver transplantation.

Tracheal intubation in the ICU is associated with significant complications and morbidity. Desaturation is among the most frequent and hazardous complication, occurring in almost one out of four intubations, that may in some instances lead to cardiac arrest; despite appropriate preoxygenation. Non-invasive ventilation may help improve preoxygenation but does not allow for apneic oxygenation and may not be performed in patients with neurological impairment. High flow nasal canula oxygen is increasingly used in the ICU in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure and may be used to improve preoxygenation. It is currently used in our ICU for that purpose. Because high flow nasal canula oxygen is our first line oxyten therapy for patients with acute respirtory distress syndrome, we sought to determine its use as a means to ensure preoxygenation in those ARDS patients that require intubation.

The influenza A/H1N1v pandemic virus causes severe pneumonia that can lead to acute respiratory distress syndrome and death even in healthy young individuals. The respective roles of viral replication, bacterial infection and immune alterations of the host during such severe influenza H1N1v infection need to be clarified in order to optimize patients care. In this context, we aim to study immune and virological parameters in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid during severe influenza A/H1N1v infection with pulmonary involvement in intensive care unit. Results will be correlated to bacterial or viral pulmonary co-infections and to peripheral blood immune and virological parameters.

The investigators aim to compare four different lung recruitment techniques (described in literature) to Computed tomography scan analysis.

The investigators aim to compare the respiratory mechanics in acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory diseases syndrome (ARDS) patients with and without pleural effusion.

PALIVE 1 is an observational multicenter study on mechanical ventilation strategies used in children with an acute lung injury (ALI). The objective of the study is to describe mechanical ventilation strategies in children with an ALI. Our hypothesis is that daily clinical practice is heterogenous among pediatric intensivists as few pediatric data exists on optimal mechanical ventilation strategies in this group of patients. Furthermore, different strategies may affect patient outcome.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the incidence of the ARDS in the French wounded soldiers.