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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.


Clinical Trial Description

Lung transplantation (LTx) is an important treatment option for select patients with end-stage pulmonary disease. Primary Graft Dysfunction (PGD) is the main cause of death; in the early period following LTx a protective ventilatory strategy (tidal volume - Vt of 6 mL/Kg + Positive End Expiratory Pressure) could potentially reduce the risk of PGD in these patients. Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) is an assisted ventilation mode in which neural inspiratory activity is monitored through the continuous recording of electrical activity of the diaphragm (EAdi). Actually, Guidelines about the adoption of a protective ventilatory strategy in the early post-opeartive period are lacking.

NAVA, because of its intrinsic properties (proportionality between respiratory drive and level of assist, prevention of diaphragm atrophy), could allow to reach the afore mentioned ventilatory strategy. So, aim of the study, is the evaluation of patients' neural breathing pattern during NAVA, in early post-operative period of LTx ;


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NCT number NCT03367221
Study type Interventional
Source Policlinico Hospital
Contact Giacomo Grasselli, Prof
Phone 0255033258
Email giacomo.grasselli@unimi.it
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date November 23, 2017
Completion date November 2019

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