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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02779595
Other study ID # thoraxEIT
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received May 17, 2016
Last updated November 2, 2017
Start date June 2016
Est. completion date August 2017

Study information

Verified date November 2017
Source Wuerzburg University Hospital
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Perioperative changes in regional ventilation by pulmonary electrical impedance tomography and spirometry will be investigated in patients at risk for postoperative pulmonary complications. Those patients undergo lung and flail chest surgery.


Description:

Postoperative pulmonary complications (Defined as pulmonary infection, pleural effusion, atelectasis, pneumothorax, bronchospasm, aspiration pneumonitis or respiratory insufficiency subsequent to surgery) increase the morbidity and mortality of surgical patients. Several independent factors determined by the patients' characteristics and the operative procedure increase the risk for those complications. The postoperative decrease of values measured by spirometry, such as the forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1), were found in patients after major surgical procedures for several days. The postoperative reduction of those measurement can be the result of general functional limitations in those patients (e.g. by postoperative pain) or the result of a regional postoperative pulmonary complication (e.g. atelectasis, pleural effusion). The method of the electrical impedance tomography (EIT) enables to visualize the regional ventilation within a transversal section of the lung in real time. Studies examining the change of pulmonary EIT for several days postoperatively in spontaneously breathing patients are lacking. The aim of the present study is to examine perioperative changes in regional ventilation in spontaneously breathing patients during their recovery after lung and flail chest surgery. Moreover, the association of those changes with expected changes in spirometry is tested. Finally, in patients with evident postoperative pulmonary complications the value of pulmonary EIT to detect those changes is investigated. The study should improve the knowledge about the development of postoperative pulmonary complications and test the scientific and clinical value of pulmonary EIT in those spontaneously breathing patients.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 31
Est. completion date August 2017
Est. primary completion date June 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Adult

- Inpatient

- Lung surgery under general anaesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

- Missing informed consent

- Outpatient

- Emergency procedure

- Revision surgery of hospitalized patients

- Pneumothorax

- Pleural effusion

- Pleural effusion or pleural empyema with need to cannulate

- scheduled Pneumonectomy

- Expected hospital stay of less than three days

- Pregnancy

- Allergy against material of the electrode belt (silicone rubber, stainless steel, gold-plated brass)

- Injured, inflamed or otherwise affected skin within the target region of the electrode belt

- Unstable spine injury

- Body mass index of more than 50 kg/m2

- Incapacity to lie quietly for the examination

- Pacemaker, defibrillator or other active implant

- Reoperation before the examination at the third postoperative day

Exclusion criteria during clinical course:

- performed pneumonectomy

- Reoperation

- postoperative ventilation at the third day

Study Design


Intervention

Other:
Perioperative pulmonary function tests
Pulmonary electrical impedance tomography, spirometry, pulse oximetry and query performed preoperatively, at the the third, fifth and seventh postoperative day

Locations

Country Name City State
Germany University of Würzburg Würzburg

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Wuerzburg University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

References & Publications (12)

Canet J, Gallart L, Gomar C, Paluzie G, Vallès J, Castillo J, Sabaté S, Mazo V, Briones Z, Sanchis J; ARISCAT Group. Prediction of postoperative pulmonary complications in a population-based surgical cohort. Anesthesiology. 2010 Dec;113(6):1338-50. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181fc6e0a. — View Citation

Davoudi M, Farhanchi A, Moradi A, Bakhshaei MH, Safarpour G. The Effect of Low Tidal Volume Ventilation during Cardiopulmonary Bypass on Postoperative Pulmonary Function. J Tehran Heart Cent. 2010 Summer;5(3):128-31. Epub 2010 Aug 31. — View Citation

Frerichs I, Hahn G, Golisch W, Kurpitz M, Burchardi H, Hellige G. Monitoring perioperative changes in distribution of pulmonary ventilation by functional electrical impedance tomography. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 1998 Jul;42(6):721-6. — View Citation

Guerin C, Frerichs I. Getting a better picture of the correlation between lung function and structure using electrical impedance tomography. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Nov 15;190(10):1186-7. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201405-0812IM. — View Citation

Guizilini S, Bolzan DW, Faresin SM, Alves FA, Gomes WJ. Ministernotomy in myocardial revascularization preserves postoperative pulmonary function. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2010 Oct;95(5):587-93. Epub 2010 Oct 15. English, Portuguese. — View Citation

Karayiannakis AJ, Makri GG, Mantzioka A, Karousos D, Karatzas G. Postoperative pulmonary function after laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy. Br J Anaesth. 1996 Oct;77(4):448-52. — View Citation

Karsten J, Heinze H, Meier T. Impact of PEEP during laparoscopic surgery on early postoperative ventilation distribution visualized by electrical impedance tomography. Minerva Anestesiol. 2014 Feb;80(2):158-66. Epub 2013 Jul 23. — View Citation

Leonhardt S, Lachmann B. Electrical impedance tomography: the holy grail of ventilation and perfusion monitoring? Intensive Care Med. 2012 Dec;38(12):1917-29. doi: 10.1007/s00134-012-2684-z. Epub 2012 Sep 20. Review. — View Citation

Mazo V, Sabaté S, Canet J, Gallart L, de Abreu MG, Belda J, Langeron O, Hoeft A, Pelosi P. Prospective external validation of a predictive score for postoperative pulmonary complications. Anesthesiology. 2014 Aug;121(2):219-31. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000334. — View Citation

Radke OC, Schneider T, Heller AR, Koch T. Spontaneous breathing during general anesthesia prevents the ventral redistribution of ventilation as detected by electrical impedance tomography: a randomized trial. Anesthesiology. 2012 Jun;116(6):1227-34. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318256ee08. — View Citation

Reifferscheid F, Elke G, Pulletz S, Gawelczyk B, Lautenschläger I, Steinfath M, Weiler N, Frerichs I. Regional ventilation distribution determined by electrical impedance tomography: reproducibility and effects of posture and chest plane. Respirology. 2011 Apr;16(3):523-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.01929.x. — View Citation

Wrigge H, Zinserling J, Muders T, Varelmann D, Günther U, von der Groeben C, Magnusson A, Hedenstierna G, Putensen C. Electrical impedance tomography compared with thoracic computed tomography during a slow inflation maneuver in experimental models of lung injury. Crit Care Med. 2008 Mar;36(3):903-9. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0B013E3181652EDD. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Association between lateral change of regional ventilation and change of forced vital capacity Correlation testing is done on the ipsi- and contralateral change in the calculated 'Center of Ventilation' and the forced vital capacity in % of normal (FVC%) by spirometry baseline, 3., 5. and 7. postoperative day
Other Sagittal change from baseline in regional ventilation Regional ventilation is measured by pulmonary electrical impedance tomography. The sagittal change in the calculated 'Center of Ventilation' is evaluated baseline, 3., 5. and 7. postoperative day
Other Association between sagittal change of regional ventilation and change of forced vital capacity Correlation testing is done sagittal change in the calculated 'Center of Ventilation' and the forced vital capacity in % of normal (FVC%) by spirometry baseline, 3., 5. and 7. postoperative day
Other Time shift in regional ventilation between ipsi- and contralateral lung Regional ventilation is measured by pulmonary electrical impedance tomography. The shift in time of occurence of ipsi- and contralateral Ventilation is evaluated baseline, 3., 5. and 7. postoperative day
Other Impact on flail chest surgery to change from baseline in regional ventilation Measured by EIT baseline, 3., 5. and 7. postoperative day
Primary Lateral Change from baseline in regional ventilation Regional ventilation is measured by pulmonary electrical impedance tomography. The ipsi- and contralateral change in the calculated 'Center of Ventilation' is evaluated baseline and 3. postoperative day
Secondary Lateral Change from baseline in regional ventilation depending on side of surgery Regional ventilation is measured by pulmonary electrical impedance tomography. The influence of the side of surgery on the ipsi- and contralateral change in the calculated 'Center of Ventilation' is evaluated baseline and 3. postoperative day
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