EIT During FCV in the Intensive Care Unit

Launched by ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER · Dec 1, 2022

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 18 years or older;
• • Informed consent form signed by the subject or a legal representative;
• • Controlled mechanical ventilation via an endotracheal tube -
• • FiO2 ≤50% and PEEP 10 cmH2O or lower
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Severe sputum stasis or production requiring frequent bronchial suctioning (more than 5 times per nurse shift)
• • Severe respiratory insufficiency defined as a PaO2 to FiO2 ratio of \<100mmHg or moderate to severe ARDS according to the Berlin definition of ARDS
• • Untreated pneumothorax (i.e. no pleural drainage)
• • Hemodynamic instability defined as a mean arterial pressure below 60mmHg not responding to fluids and/or vasopressors or a noradrenalin dose \>0.4mg/kg/min
• • Excessive subcutaneous emphysema (prevents proper functioning of the EIT device)
• • Thoracic wounds, bandages or other obstruction which prevent proper functioning of the EIT device
• • High (\>15 mmHg) or instable (an increase in sedation or osmotherapy is required) intracranial pressure
• • An inner tube diameter of 6mm or less

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