Non-Invasive Measurements of Changes in Pulmonary Artery Pressure in Intensive Care Unit Patients Using Electrical Impedance Tomography - A Feasibility Study

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Conditions studied: Pulmonary Artery Hypertension

In brief

To assess whether changes in electrical impedance - measured using an electrical impedance tomography (EIT) chest belt - can be used to derive changes in pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) in critically ill patients when compared to invasive gold-standard PAP measured using pulmonary artery catheter (PAC).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06544148

Run by

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

People needed

28

Starts

2024-08-05

Expected to finish

2027-08-05

Last updated by the study team

2024-11-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age ≥ 18-year-old.
• Intubated patients in the ICU with clinical decision to monitor PAP and cardiac output using a PAC.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with implanted or external thoracic electronic devices (e.g., pacemaker) or thoracic metal implants.
• Known pregnancy or lactating patients.
• Open lung injuries or pneumothorax.
• Open wounds, drainages, burns or rashes of the upper thorax.
• Estimated thoracic perimeter smaller than 66 cm or larger than 134 cm.
• Known allergies to wound dressings or adhesives (e.g., gel electrodes)

Where it is running

• Inselspital Bern, Universitätsklinik für Intensivmedizin — Bern, Switzerland (enrolling)

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