Active clinical trials for "Lung Injury"

The investigators aim is to study the specific lung elastance in ALI/ARDS patients during invasive mechanical ventilation, in supine and prone position.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the 2mg/kg administration of corticosteroids, in the form of methylprednisolone sodium succinate, in early phase acute respiratory distress syndrome after thoracic surgery, will reduce the postoperative mortality.

The purpose of this trial is to test the hypothesis that at the end of 28 days, infants and children with acute lung injury treated with prone positioning would have more ventilator-free days than those treated with supine positioning.

Background: In patients undergoing lung lobectomy, lung collapse and re-expansion after resection is associated to severe oxidative lung injury. The researchers hypothesized that remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) could reduce oxidative lung injury and improve the oxygenation parameters. Methods: We designed a single-centre, randomized, prospective and double-blind study, conducted in fifty-three patients with non-small cell lung cancer undergoing elective lung lobectomy. Fifty-three patients were randomly assigned to 2 groups: 26 patients received limb RIPC (3 cycles: 5 min ischemia/5 min reperfusion induced by an ischemia cuff applied on the thigh) and 27 controls. Time course of oxidative stress marker levels was simultaneously studied in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) and blood at four specific time points: T0, pre-operatively; T1, during operated lung collapse and one-lung ventilation (OLV); T2, immediately after resuming two-lung ventilation (TLV); T3, 120 min after resuming TLV. EBC 8-isoprostane was the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes included PaO2/FiO2, other pulmonary oxygenation variables, other oxidative markers (NO2-+NO3-, H2O2) and pH.

Respiratory complications range from 8% to 79% of the frequency after open heart surgery where the patient is on-pump operated by cardiopulmonary machine. There were many changes in physiology due to anesthesia and cardiac surgery which cause volume and barotrauma complications with mechanical ventilation. These complications increase cost by prolonging morbidity and morbidity as well as hospital stay. Intraoperative and postoperative mechanical ventilation strategies can prevent these complications. CPB stimulates the systemic inflammatory response to the secretion of neutrophil, endotoxin and proinflammatory cytokines in the complex, increasing the permeability of the capillaries. Although coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is associated with a 0.4% to 2.0% acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), mortality is quite high. Lung-protective ventilation strategies commonly used for prevention of ARDS. Ferrando et al. have proposed pulmonary ventilation with a tidal volume (TV) of less than 10 mL / kg as a pulmonary intraoperative protective ventilation strategy. Investigators aimed to compare oxygenation and ventilation parameters with respiratory mechanics in patients who underwent open heart surgery and were ventilated with 6 ml / kg tidal volume and 8 ml / kg TV, which were recommended as lung protective ventilation strategies during anesthesia.

This multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravenous Sodium Nitrite Injection for treatment of patients infected with COVID-19 who develop lung injury and require mechanical ventilation.

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 study to evaluate biochemical, clinical, and safety effects of 2 doses of intravenous L-citrulline compared to placebo in patients with severe sepsis at risk for or with acute lung injury. The hypothesis is that intravenous L-citrulline will decreased the development or progression of acute lung injury in patients with severe sepsis compared to placebo.

This study is designed to test a proposed strategy for lung- and diaphragm-protective ventilation (LDPV) in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Ventilation and sedation will be titrated to evaluate whether it is feasible and safe within this patient population.

This study evaluates the local cytokine inflammatory response during one lung ventilation in patients undergoing pulmonary lobectomy or wedge resection. We compare two different ventilation strategies: a conventional strategy with a protective strategy.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of the intravenous (IV) or paravertebral (PV) lidocaine administration during the intraoperative period of lung resection surgery on the appearance of postoperative complications. We design a randomized, controlled and blinded study to be performed in 153 patients with 3 arms: 1) Lidocaine IV + PV saline 2) saline IV + PV lidocaine, 3) remifentanil IV + PV saline. Perioperative analysis of inflammatory biomarkers in bronchoalveolar lavage and serum. Follow-up of the postoperative course, especially the appearance of postoperative complications according to the revised Clavien-Dindo classification for thoracic surgery, as well as other relevant clinical results.