Comparison of Computertomography Scan, Electrical Impedance Tomography, and Ultrasound of the Lung in Infants

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Conditions studied: Infant ALL, Computed Tomography, Electric Impedance, Ultrasonography, Lung Injury

In brief

The study focuses on regional lung examination, in particular on the differentiation between collapsed and hyperinflated lung areas. The purpose of the study is to elaborate common and discriminative elements between different lung imaging modalities in infants and to generate hypotheses for the bedside use of EIT and LUS in infants.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04989439

Run by

Medical University of Vienna

People needed

10

Starts

2021-07-19

Expected to finish

2028-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-24

Who can join

Age: any, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients hospitalized at the Department of Pediatrics of the Medical University of Vienna who will get a CT scan of the thorax.
• Patients aged up to 12 months

You may not qualify if…

• Unstable cardiovascular, respiratory and/or neurological conditions.
• Sternotomy during the previous 15 days.
• Thoracic skin lesions or wounds (including burns) on the thorax, where the EIT-electrode-belt would be placed.

Where it is running

• Medical University of Vienna — Vienna, Austria (enrolling)

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