Active clinical trials for "Respiratory Insufficiency"

The purpose of the Hemolung RAS Registry Program is to collect retrospective, de-identified, standard of care data following the commercial use of the Hemolung RAS.

In ventilated patients with acute respiratory failure endotracheal suctioning may lead to alveolar derecruitment, which can be monitored by means of functional residual capacity (FRC) measurements. Regional distribution of ventilation can be followed at bedside using electrical impedance tomography. The investigators hypothesize that a FRC guided recruitment strategy, aimed at restoring a baseline FRC value after open endotracheal suctioning, improves oxygenation and regional distribution of ventilation. In addition the investigators research the impact of such a strategy on the inflammatory response to mechanical ventilation.

This is a follow-up study focusing on long-term complications of acute pancreatitis. The primary purposes include: 1. To assess the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus（2-DM）,impaired glucose tolerance, metabolic abnormalities of blood lipids after acute pancreatitis. 2. To observe the possible long-term clinical outcomes after acute pancreatitis attack, which may include: chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, pancreatogenic portal hypertension, autoimmune pancreatitis et al. 3. To evaluate the long-term influence of acute lung injury(PaO2/FiO2<200,FiO2 means fraction of inspiration O2) in AP patients during ICU stay on life qualities of the patients; 4. To observe the prognosis of the local complications of acute pancreatitis(AP) patients; it might be helpful to find the most effective and targeted interventions aiming at different phases after AP attack.

It is hypothesized that the use of Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) compared to pressure support to provide noninvasive ventilation to children will result in a decrease in the number of children with moderate to severe respiratory failure failing noninvasive ventilation and requiring endotracheal intubation. It is further hypothesized that noninvasive ventilation with NAVA compared to pressure support will result in a decrease in the length of mechanical ventilation, and the length of PICU and hospital stay.

Cerebral desaturations occur frequently in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. The definition of what constitutes a cerebral desaturation, the incidence of the phenomenon, the association between desaturations and perioperative outcome, and the mechanistic explanations of cerebral desaturations remain unexamined. This study seeks to identify the true incidence and magnitude of cerebral desaturations in high-risk non-cardiac surgical patients and the association between desaturations and perioperative outcome. The investigators will attempt to determine the following (1) The proper definition, incidence and severity of decreased cerebral saturation (rSO2) in high-risk non-cardiac surgical patients (2) the mechanisms surrounding decreases in rSO2 by correlating it with alterations in physiologic parameters (such as blood pressure, cardiac output, hemoglobin concentration, and carbon dioxide levels) and (3) to correlate the incidence and severity of decreased rSO2 with relevant perioperative. The investigators will also analyze a panel of inflammatory biomarkers to determine if these biomarkers have the ability to predict postoperative complications. The investigators will study 200 high-risk patients undergoing high-risk non-cardiac surgery. The investigators will determine the incidence and severity of decreases in rSO2, the associated factors with the occurrence of decreased rSO2, and the relationship between decreases in rSO2 and adverse perioperative outcome with a composite of well defined perioperative complications such as death, myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, acute kidney injury, delirium, postoperative infections, and the need for mechanical ventilation.

Spontaneous breathing efforts in patients with respiratory failure connected to mechanical ventilation, has been associated with strong respiratory muscles activity. However, these mechanisms may will be present in patients with acute lung deseases who are breathing with no ventilatory support. We hypothesize that spontaneous breathing during acute respiratory failure could induced lung inflammation and worsen lung damage. Hereby, the connection to a ventilatory support tool, may protect the lungs from spontaneous ventilation-induced lung injury. To test our hypothesis, our aim is to determine the effects of spontaneous breathing in acute respiratory failure patients, on lung injury distribution; and to determine whether early controlled mechanical ventilation can avoid these deleterious effects by improving air distribution.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate prospectively the safety and performance of the MOBYBOX System in the veno-arterial configuration in patients with cardiorespiratory failure or in the veno-venous configuration in patients with severe respiratory failure.

Assessment of usability, perceived comfort and performance of a NIV mask in the hospital environment.

Hypothesis: A protocolized algorithm for sedation in critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation can decrease ventilator days, costs and improve outcome. This is a multicenter observational-interventional study on critically ill patients who require mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours, involving 13 ICU in Chile. There are two periods (groups): a descriptive phase of sedation practices, and an interventional period in which an analgesia-based, goal-directed, nurse-driven sedation is applied. Main outcome: ventilator-free days between both periods.

The aim of the present study is to examine whether cerebral oxygenation could be a more useful parameter than peripheral oxygen saturation to guide clinical titration of permissive hypoxemia in COVID-19 ARDS patients