Active clinical trials for "Pulmonary Atelectasis"

The primary aim of this project is to get further knowledge on the effects of + Gz accelerations and hyperoxia on lung ventilation in humans. The secondary aim is to study lung perfusion and cardiovascular function in these conditions.

The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of the autogenic drainage and the intrapulmonary percussive ventilation on the levying of the lung atelectasis, by means of the thoracic imaging (thoracic ultrasound and radiography), at the intubated or extubated child with the ventilatory support.

This study aims to compared the effects in driving pressure of an open-lung strategy with a positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) titrated to best driving pressure (DP) after a RM versus the recommended protective PEEP of 5 cmH2O without a recruitment manuever in non-obese patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

The goal of this interventional crossover study in morbidly obese intubated and mechanically ventilated patients is to describe the respiratory mechanics and the heart-lung interaction at titrated positive end-expiratory pressure levels following a recruitment maneuver with transthoracic echocardiography and electric impedance tomography imaging.

To evaluate the use of Incentive Spirometry in Non-critically Ill Hospitalized Patients With Shortness of Breath.

Aim of this study is to better understand pathophysiology of the alteration of respiratory mechanics and cardiovascular function in obese volunteer subjects. The investigators plan to test this hypothesis with a physiological, interventional study conducted on volunteers by using Electrical Impedance Tomography in a group of patients and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in another group.

The principal aim is to assess impact of alveolar recruitment manoeuvres (ARM) on stroke volume variation, evaluated by trans-oesophageal echocardiography (TEE). These variations will be measured on preload dependency or preload independency status. The principal purpose is to determine if variations of stroke volume during standardized ARM can predict the preload dependency status.

The aim of this study is to find out relationship between PaO2/FiO2 and atelectasis finding on intraoperative lung ultrasound.

Morbid obese patients present changes in respiratory physiology caused by weight overload. Intraoperative atelectasis is a pulmonary complication that affects not only gas exchange but also respiratory mechanics. The present study was aimed to test the role of different parameters for monitoring the treatment of atelectasis by a lung recruitment maneuver.

The investigators compare the degree of atelectasis in recovery room between conventional recruitment maneuver and ultrasonography-guided lung recruitment during surgery.