Active clinical trials for "Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury"

This study is a single-center, blind, prospective, randomized, controlled trial of pressure support ventilation (PSVpro) versus pressure control ventilation - volume guaranteed (PCV - VG) during laparoscopic and robotic abdominal surgery.

The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of lung-protective ventilation during general anesthesia for neurosurgical procedures on postoperative pulmonary outcome, compared with traditional ventilation.

This will be a prospective observational study where the investigator will scan patients' necks with an ultrasound and look for anatomical landmarks that may help identify the phrenic nerve.

Mechanical ventilation, in spite of being a life-saving technique, can also induce lung injury (VILI) mediated by an inflammatory response, thus having a profound impact in the course of critically ill patients. Ventilatory strategies aimed to minimize this VILI have reduced mortality rates. Patients suffering cardiogenic pulmonary edema may need venoarterial extracorporeal oxygenation, at the same time they are being mechanically ventilated. The objective of this study is to analyze changes induced by the use of utraprotective ventilatory strategies in the inflammatory lung response of these patients and their impact on outcomes.

The goal of this study is to investigate the effect of depth of neuromuscular block (NMB) on global and regional (dependent versus nondependent) respiratory mechanics during laparoscopic surgery. Furthermore, we will investigate if the level of NMB influences intraoperative hemodynamic and cerebral oxygenation.

The main purpose of this study is to investigate effects of SIMV+VG (synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation+volume guarantee) or PSV+VG (pressure support ventilation+volume guarantee) ventilation on vital signs, patient - mechanical ventilation synchrony, ventilation parameters and inflammatory mediators in neonates.

The present study is an explorative analysis of the relationship between cerebral blood perfusion and oxygenation and lung mechanical variables at different ventilator settings. It is a safety study excluding patients with severe lung injury or brain edema.

Study conducted to confirm phrenic nerve stimulation using the a transvenous Phrenic Nerve Stimulator in the left jugular vein.

Study conducted to confirm phrenic nerve stimulation using the Lungpacer LIVE Catheter, confirm capture of the diaphragm and confirm that the diaphragm can be paced in synchrony with mechanical ventilator breaths.

Primary Graft Dysfunction (PGD) respresents the leading cause of mortality in early post-operative period of Lung Tranplantation (LTx). Protective ventilatory strategy could potentially reduce the risk of PGD in these patients. Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) is an assisted ventilation mode that could allow to adopt this strategy. Aim of the study is to assess the feasibility of NAVA in the early post-LTx phase and to describe the breathing pattern and the physiological relationship between neural respiratory drive and different levels of ventilatory assist, in the absence of pulmonary vagal afferent feedback.