Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Distress Syndrome"

Secondary infections remain a major cause of mortality in critically ill patients, mainly because of high prevalence of multidrug-resistant microorganisms. Therefore strategies aimed to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumoniae (VAP) and bloodstream infections are of utmost important. There is robust data on selective digestive decontamination (SDD) efficacy in reduction of secondary infections in intensive care units (ICU) with low rates of antibacterial resistance. However the data received from hospitals with moderate-to-high rates of resistance is equivocal. This as an interventional parallel open-label study investigating the effect of selective digestive decontamination on the rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients admitted to the ICU with high prevalence of drug-resistant bacteria. Secondary outcomes include rates of bloodstream infections, mortality, duration of mechanical ventilation, duration of ICU stay, resistance selection and overall antibiotic consumption.

INTRODUCTION: Electrical impedance tomography is a tool for noninvasive monitoring of pulmonary ventilation in real time, which is used during alveolar recruitment maneuvers in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. OBJECTIVES: To identify ventilatory and hemodynamic changes during the alveolar recruitment maneuver in children with acute respiratory distress syndrome using electrical impedance tomography. METHODS: Twenty children, aged 4 to 12 years, who present a diagnosis of respiratory distress syndrome, with indication of alveolar recruitment admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia Foundation of Pará will be selected. Data collection will consist of three before the alveolar recruitment maneuver, immediately after the alveolar recruitment maneuver, 2 hours after the alveolar recruitment maneuver, where the pulmonary ventilation distribution, the driving pressure, the real-time reading compliance will be analyzed. tomography of the Timpel brand, autonomic heart rate modulation through the Polar® RS800CX device, physiological variables such as heart rate, oxygen pulse saturation and blood pressure by measuring the DIXTAL multi-parameter monitor, blood oxygen pressure and the oxygen content dog. The statistical analysis will be performed in the Biostat 5.2 program, and the choice of tests will depend on the types of distributions found and the homogeneity of the respective variances.

Acute lung injury (ALI) and the more severe manifestation, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) describe syndromes of acute onset, bilateral, inflammatory pulmonary infiltrates and impaired oxygenation. ARDS/ALI are a continuum of disease which results in a life threatening, rapidly progressive illness and occurs in critically ill patients. Recent reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) highlight the significant public health impact ARDS/ALI has on the critically ill population in that despite robust research efforts, these illnesses continue to be under diagnosed, under treated, and continue to have a high mortality rate (≥ 40% of all confirmed diagnoses). The estimates for ARDS/ALI incidence vary due to inconsistencies with proper diagnosis and lack of valid biomarkers of disease; however, it is expected that anywhere from 20-50% of patients on mechanical ventilation will develop this disease. Previous work by our group has shown that sphingolipids play a multifaceted role in lung inflammation. Sphingolipid are a class of bioactive lipids that play a role in cellular processes such as apoptosis, cell migration, and adhesion. Ceramide is one species of sphingolipid the investigators have examined in both man and mouse. Our laboratory has shown that ceramide is up-regulated in pulmonary inflammation in mouse models of pneumonitis and is elevated in the exhaled breath condensate of mechanically ventilated patients at risk for ARDS/ALI. Our work coupled with the work of others highlighting a role for ceramide in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), surfactant dysfunction, and infectious disease make ceramide a logical candidate biomarker that warrants further investigation. To our knowledge, there are no studies examining the role of ceramide as a biomarker in ARDS/ALI. Thus, our overarching hypothesis is that ceramide is elevated in the lungs of patients who develop ARDS/ALI. This lipid dysregulation accounts for the pathophysiology seen in this disease and may be a potential pharmacologic target for clinical treatment. Thus the purpose of this exploratory research is to maximize existing specimens to further evaluate ceramide as a biomarker for acute lung injury.

In the present study, we hypothesized that primary mode nIPPV initiated shortly after birth would decrease the incidence of intubation or death in twin infants when compared to nCPAP.

This is a multicenter, prospective, randomized, open-label study which compared two ventilation modes: spontaneous NAVA mode and spontaneous breathing with IPS mode (the latter is considered as the reference ventilatory mode) in patients admitted to the ICU for acute respiratory failure and ventilated with an endotracheal tube. NAVA mode allows to minimize patient-ventilator disharmony with acceptable tolerance and to preserve spontaneous ventilation.

In a recent experimental study, the investigators showed that the growth factor Activin A is expressed in the lungs of rats with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) at levels that are comparable with those determined in the bronchoalveolar (BAL) lavage fluid from patients with ARDS. In the same study, the administration of the Activin A inhibitor Folistatin resulted in attenuation of the histological damage of the ARDS-afflicted rat lung. The precise role of Activin A/Folistatin in acute respiratory failure associated with acute lung inflammatory pathology has not been elucidated yet. Therefore, the purpose of the present, observational study is to investigate the role of Activin A/Folistatin in respiratory failure due to ARDS and/or ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), also in relation with other biochemical markers, such as cytokines and surfactant-related proteins.

The purpose of this study is to test the safety and effectiveness of a whole own (autologous) umbilical cord blood transfusion in the first 5 days after birth if the baby is born premature <34 weeks and developed anemia of prematurity.

BACKGROUND. Sustained lung inflation (SLI) associated to an adequate PEEP may help the efficacy of the respiratory effort in lung of preterm infants at risk for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and reduce need of mechanical ventilation (MV). The investigators aim will be to demonstrate the hypothesis that the introduction of SLI in the delivery room protocol may reduce the need of MV in preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN: Multicenter prospective randomized controlled trial. The study will be carried out at the neonatal care units of the Careggi Infants with a gestational age between 25 and 28 weeks will be eligible and randomized at birth to receive SLI or not. Peak inflation pressure (PIP) of 25 cm H2O will be delivered for 15 seconds and then reduced to a positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) of 5 cm H2O. Primary endpoint will be the need of MV within the first 72 hrs of life (excluding the transient tracheal intubation for surfactant replacement: e.g. INSURE). Population size: hypothesizing that SLI maneuver might decrease the need of MV during the first 72 hours of life from 35 to 20% the investigators calculated that 138 newborns must be enrolled in each groups to detect this difference statistically significant with 80% power at 0.05 level.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome following cardiac surgery severely affects the prognosis of patients; the mortality is up to 40%. Although experience many years of research and exploration, the effective methods for the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome is still relatively limited at present, including lung protective mechanical ventilation respiratory support, fluid management, glucocorticoid and other integrated organ function maintenance measures. It is currently the research of acute respiratory distress syndrome aims at the early discovery and takes effective measures to prevent its occurrence, hoping to improve the prognosis of patients. According to risk factors is established through the analysis of lung injury score early warning system, the early identification of acute respiratory distress syndrome patients at high risk, before the occurrence of acute respiratory distress syndrome take corresponding preventive measures can effectively reduce the incidence rate and mortality. So far, domestic and foreign research on the establishment of acute respiratory distress syndrome scoring early warning system is less. Cardiac surgery has significant characteristics, type of operation, location, operation, intraoperative blood transfusion and oxygenation, postoperative factors, are likely to be the factors of acute respiratory distress syndrome. As far as investigators know, so far there are few specialized for acute respiratory distress syndrome predicting lung injury after cardiac surgery. This study will be completed after the implementation of individualized dynamic lung injury score evaluation of cardiac surgery patients, identification of high-risk acute respiratory distress syndrome patients, to assist clinicians in early decision, take preventive measures. This study will improve the prognosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome patients after cardiac surgery; it is of great significance to improve the level of intensive care after cardiac surgery.

57 patients with Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) requiring Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy were analyzed retrospectively. 28 patients had received immunglobulin M-enriched immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG); 29 patients did not receive IVIG therapy. These patients were analyzed regarding length of stay in intensive care unit (LOS ICU), length of stay (LOS) in hospital and regarding mortality.