Active clinical trials for "Pulmonary Atelectasis"

Ventilated Patients especially those undergoing upper abdominal surgeries are prone to lung atelectasis. They are at risk of adverse effects secondary to inadequate lung ventilation. Applied PEEP and Recruitment maneuver are thought to enhance lung aeration under general anesthesia which could be assessed by ultrasound.

Background There is no unanimous opinion about a lung-protective strategy in cardiac surgery. Small randomized clinical and animals trials suggest that ventilation during cardio-pulmonary bypass (CPB) could be protective on the lungs. This evidence is based on surrogate end-points and most of studies are limited to elective coronary surgery. According to the available data, an optimal strategy of lung protection during CPB cannot be recommended. The purpose of the CPBVENT study is to investigate the effectiveness of different ventilation strategies during CPB on post-operative pulmonary complications. Trial design The CPBVENT study will be a single-blind, multicenter, randomized controlled trial. We are going to enroll 780 patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery with planned use of CPB, aortic cross-clamping and two lung ventilation. Patients will be randomized into three treatment groups: 1) no ventilation during CPB; 2) continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) of 5 cmH2O during CPB; 3) ventilation with 5 acts/minute with tidal volume of 2-3 ml/Kg and a PEEP of 3-5 cmH2O during CPB. The primary end-point will be the incidence of a PaO2/FiO2 ratio <200 until the time of discharge from the ICU. The secondary end-points will be the incidence of post-operative pulmonary complications and 30-days mortality. Patients will be followed-up to 12 months after the date of randomization. Summary The CPBVENT Trial will determine whether different ventilation strategies during CPB will improve pulmonary outcome in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

In pregnancy, cephalal shift of the diaphragm caused by the enlarged uterus reduces the functional residual capacity and may increase the closure volume and predispose the pregnant woman to airway closure, leading to atelectasis. The development of atelectasis due to dermatomes retained in spinal anesthesia and intraoperative supine position may increase further. Oxygen therapy to be applied may also lead to absorption atelectasis by causing hyperoxia. The aim of our study is to evaluate the effect of oxygen support on the lungs in cesarean section operations under spinal anesthesia by lung ultrasound score and oxygen reserve index.

Pediatric patients between 6months and 6years old will be included. They are scheduled for elective general or urologic surgery at a single tertiary medical center. Before the operation, the researcher interviews the parents of the pediatric patients to check whether they have the upper respiratory tract infection and asks them to fill out a questionnaire about the severity of their symptoms. The researcher will get the symptom score of the upper respiratory tract infection in the questionnaire. The degree of anesthesia induced atelectasis is measured using lung ultrasound. Pulmonary ultrasound is performed after endotracheal intubation and at the end of the operation dividing the patient's thorax into 12 regions. The investigator grades the degree of atelectasis at each region form 0 to 3 points. After the end of the operation, check whether the respiratory adverse effects occurred during emergence and recovery at the post anesthesia care unit.

The purpose of this study is to identify the prevalence rate and risk factors for pulmonary complications in patients with critical trauma who intubated and mechanical ventilation.

We aimed to investigate the effect of posterior quadratus lumborum block on postoperative atelectasis in inguinal hernia surgery in pediatric patients.

Background: Atelectasis occurs in the majority of patients with general anesthesia, which can lead to postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) and affect the postoperative outcome. However, there is still no exact method to prevent it though agents. S-ketamine may prevent atelectasis due to its airway smooth muscle relaxation and anti-inflammatory effects. Lung ultrasound is a portable and reliable bedside imaging technology for diagnosing anesthesia-induced atelectasis. Here, we intend to assess whether small-dose of S-ketamine can reduce the incidence of atelectasis after intubation under general anesthesia using lung ultrasound, in order to prevent the early formation of perioperative atelectasis and perioperative pulmonary complications. Methods: The trial is a single institution, prospective, randomized controlled, parallel grouping, double-blind study. From October 2021 to March 2022, 100 patients (18-60 years old) scheduled for elective surgery will be recruited from Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, and randomly assigned to the S-ketamine group (Group S) and the normal saline group (Group N) at a ratio of 1:1. The label-masked agents will be given 5 minutes before induction and all patients will undergo a standardized general anesthesia protocol. Related data will be collected at three time point: after radial artery puncture (T1), 15 minutes after tracheal intubation (T2) and before extubation (T3). The primary outcome will be the total LUS scores at T2. Secondary outcomes include LUS scores in 6 chest regions at T2; total LUS scores at T3; arterial blood-gas analysis results (PaCO2, PaO2) and PaO2/FiO2 at T2 and T3, plateau pressure(Pplat) and dynamic lung compliance (Cdyn) at T2 and T3; the incidence of postoperative complications associated with S-ketamine and postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) 2 and 24 hours after surgery；. Discussion: This trial aims to explore whether a simple and feasible application of S-ketamine before the induction of general anesthesia can prevent atelectasis. The results of this study may provide new ideas and direct clinical evidence for the prevention and treatment of perioperative pulmonary complications during anesthesia. Key words: atelectasis, S-ketamine, ultrasound, RCT, protocol

General anaesthesia results in developement of atelectasis in dependent areas of the lungs exposing patients to an increased risk of hypoxaemia.During pelvic robotic surgeries pneumoperitoneum and steep trendelenburg position further increases atelectasis. Lung Ultrasound imaging is a promising , noninvasive , non-radiant, portable tool to study intraoperative lung atelectasis.

In anesthesia the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications is frequent, especially in cardiac surgery where the incidence can reach 10%. Respiratory morbidity in cardiac surgery is favored by multiple factors and is higher compared to anesthesia in "general" surgery. The prevention of these complications is a major challenge in the management of patients. Influence of driving pressure level on respiratory morbidity was first demonstrated in management of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in resuscitation. More recently, this notion has been introduced in anesthesia, with a correlation between increase driving pressure level and increase of post-operative respiratory complications. A method should reduce these levels of driving pressure: performing lung recruitment maneuvers. This technique has been successfully tested in abdominal surgery in particular in a study published by Futier et al.. They systematized and standardized lung recruitment maneuvers and showed a decrease of postoperative pulmonary complications in abdominal surgery. Thus, the realization of lung recruitment maneuvers, already used at the discretion of the practitioner, is now recommended by several teams of experts. The investigators propose in this "before-after" trial to evaluate variation in driving pressure due to systematic use of lung recruitment maneuvers, observed in patients operated in elective or urgent surgery. The secondary objective is to evaluate their impact on postoperative pulmonary complications.

In this study the Authors assume that peri-operative changes in DIA are predictive of postoperative atelectasis, thus providing a clinically useful tool to stratify the need for high-intensity monitoring, including admission to intensive care. Aim of this prospective observational study, in obese patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy, is to evaluate the relationship between pre to postoperative changes in US-DIA and PaO2/FiO2.