Active clinical trials for "Acute Lung Injury"

The purpose of this study is to determine whether N-acetylcysteine given intravenously 1 day pre-operatively is effective in preventing inflammation in the lungs, as measured by tests on blood, breath and lung specimens, in patients undergoing surgery to remove a portion of lung.

The purpose of this study is to identify biological markers of disease in patients with acute lung injury (ALI) that are predictive of either disease susceptibility or prognosis, or that identify novel targets of therapeutic intervention.

We would study whether there is any measurable benefit of the administration of nebulized n-acetyl-cysteine to acute respiratory distress syndrome patients starting within 48 hours of intubation and mechanical ventilation.

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in neonates has been defined in 2017.The death rate is over 50%. HFOV and CMV are two main invasive ventilation strategies. However, which one is better needing to be further elucidated.

The goal of this observational study is to learn about neonatal acute respiratory distress syndrome in describe participant population. The main question it aims to answer is: using perinatal factors to predict early neonatal acute respiratory distress syndrome and reduce its mortality. Participants' umbilical cord blood will be collected for testing, but will not receive any intervention.

The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is defined by a recent (within 1 week) respiratory failure, not fully explained by cardiac failure or fluid overload. ARDS is also characterized by bilateral opacities at the chest imaging, with an alteration of the oxygenation while positive end-expiratory pressure equal or greater than 5 cmH2O is applied. Severe ARDS is characterized by a high mortality. In the most severe ARDS patients, venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (vv-ECMO) is increasingly accepted as a mean to support vital function, although not free from complications. In patients with severe ARDS, prone position has been used for many years to improve oxygenation. In these patients, early application of prolonged (16 hours) prone-positioning sessions significantly decreased 28-day and 90-day mortality. More recently, prone position and ECMO have been coupled as concurrent treatment. Indeed, the addition of prone positioning therapy concurrently with ECMO can aid in optimizing alveolar recruitment, and reducing ventilator-induced lung injury. Nowadays, few data exist on respiratory mechanics modifications before and after the application of prone position in patients with severe ARDS receiving vv-ECMO. The investigators have therefore designed this observational study to assess the modifications of mechanical properties of the respiratory system, ventilation and aeration distribution, and hemodynamics occurring during ECMO before and after prone position in patients with severe ARDS.

Lung recruitability is essential for optimal Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) selection in ARDS patients. It is defined as the potential for the non aerated or poorly aerated lung mass to become aerated due to the increase in airway pressure. PEEP contributes to lung recruitment mostly by maintaining some amount of the end-inspiratory recruitment at the end of expiration. PEEP also stabilizes patency of the small airways and minimizes the repeated opening and closing of them during the breathing cycle, which is implicated in a further lung inflammation. The gold-standard method for assessing lung recruitability is lung CT scan. For economic and feasibility this technique cannot be used in routine. Therefore, techniques that can be used at the bedside to measure lung recruitability are very well known. The measurement of recruited lung volume (Vrec) by using pressure-volume curve generated by the ventilator is another reference method to approach lung recruitment. It can be done at the bedside. Chest-X-Ray (CXR) is an interesting option as done in routine in this setting. Furthermore, it allows quantifying aeration thanks numerical image processing and a regional approach. In a preliminary one-center study we found a significant negative correlation between the amount of Vrec and the reduction in lung density measured by digital CXR between 5 and 15 cm H2O PEEP. In present study we would like to extend this previous result on a larger number of patients in a multicenter investigation.

The goal of this study is to better understand in changes in lung compliance as indicated by driving pressure (a non-invasive marker) following changes in positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP; a standard of care ventilator parameter). The main question it aims to answer is: The time to stability of driving pressure after a change in PEEP is made Type of study: observational study participant population/health conditions Participants will undergo a "best PEEP trial" which is a standard intensive care intervention for patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation. This involves changing the patient's PEEP and looking for response in driving pressure. This will be done in a more protocolized format and data will be collected.

This study will evaluate the correlation between invasively measured parameters (work of breathing/power of breathing, resistance and elastance), derived using esophageal pressure measurements, and their corresponding non-invasive estimated values (noninvasive work of breathing/power of breathing, resistance and elastance), computed using airway pressure and flow measurements only.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of a 15-week home telerehabilitation program and a detraining period on cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular efficiency in patients with post-COVID-19 sequelae compared to a control group of COVID-19 patients. We hypothesize that cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular efficiency significantly improve in patients who carry out the home telerehabilitation program. However, the cardiorespiratory and muscular adaptations achieved and tolerance to exercise are lost over time as an effect of detraining.