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Acute lung injury (ALI) and the more severe manifestation, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) describe syndromes of acute onset, bilateral, inflammatory pulmonary infiltrates and impaired oxygenation. ARDS/ALI are a continuum of disease which results in a life threatening, rapidly progressive illness and occurs in critically ill patients. Recent reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) highlight the significant public health impact ARDS/ALI has on the critically ill population in that despite robust research efforts, these illnesses continue to be under diagnosed, under treated, and continue to have a high mortality rate (≥ 40% of all confirmed diagnoses). The estimates for ARDS/ALI incidence vary due to inconsistencies with proper diagnosis and lack of valid biomarkers of disease; however, it is expected that anywhere from 20-50% of patients on mechanical ventilation will develop this disease. Previous work by our group has shown that sphingolipids play a multifaceted role in lung inflammation. Sphingolipid are a class of bioactive lipids that play a role in cellular processes such as apoptosis, cell migration, and adhesion. Ceramide is one species of sphingolipid the investigators have examined in both man and mouse. Our laboratory has shown that ceramide is up-regulated in pulmonary inflammation in mouse models of pneumonitis and is elevated in the exhaled breath condensate of mechanically ventilated patients at risk for ARDS/ALI. Our work coupled with the work of others highlighting a role for ceramide in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), surfactant dysfunction, and infectious disease make ceramide a logical candidate biomarker that warrants further investigation. To our knowledge, there are no studies examining the role of ceramide as a biomarker in ARDS/ALI. Thus, our overarching hypothesis is that ceramide is elevated in the lungs of patients who develop ARDS/ALI. This lipid dysregulation accounts for the pathophysiology seen in this disease and may be a potential pharmacologic target for clinical treatment. Thus the purpose of this exploratory research is to maximize existing specimens to further evaluate ceramide as a biomarker for acute lung injury.
Respiratory complications range from 8% to 79% of the frequency after open heart surgery where the patient is on-pump operated by cardiopulmonary machine. There were many changes in physiology due to anesthesia and cardiac surgery which cause volume and barotrauma complications with mechanical ventilation. These complications increase cost by prolonging morbidity and morbidity as well as hospital stay. Intraoperative and postoperative mechanical ventilation strategies can prevent these complications. CPB stimulates the systemic inflammatory response to the secretion of neutrophil, endotoxin and proinflammatory cytokines in the complex, increasing the permeability of the capillaries. Although coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is associated with a 0.4% to 2.0% acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), mortality is quite high. Lung-protective ventilation strategies commonly used for prevention of ARDS. Ferrando et al. have proposed pulmonary ventilation with a tidal volume (TV) of less than 10 mL / kg as a pulmonary intraoperative protective ventilation strategy. Investigators aimed to compare oxygenation and ventilation parameters with respiratory mechanics in patients who underwent open heart surgery and were ventilated with 6 ml / kg tidal volume and 8 ml / kg TV, which were recommended as lung protective ventilation strategies during anesthesia.
This study is designed to test a proposed strategy for lung- and diaphragm-protective ventilation (LDPV) in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Ventilation and sedation will be titrated to evaluate whether it is feasible and safe within this patient population.
This is a randomized-controlled unblinded clinical trial to investigate dietary intervention on metabolic biomarker assessment in World Trade Center (WTC) Lung Injury (LI) in firefighters. The purpose of this study is to evaluate biomarkers of metabolic dysregulation that have previously been found to predict WTC-LI in a case cohort study selected from the entire exposed firefighter cohort, and attempt to alter these metabolites using dietary intervention and a technology-supported behavioral modification program. Investigators will measure Pre/Post global metabolic expression in WTC-exposed, symptomatic firefighter serum sampled after 6-month intervention, as well as clinical outcomes of WTC-LI in the study group vs controls.
In this clinical trial the Investigators aimed to assess the Adrenomedullin (AM) release in urine and plasma in preterm infants undergoing Sustained Inflation or Positive Pressure Ventilation at birth to manage respiratory failure.
Objective: The aim of this project is to evaluate how intra-abdominal pressure paired coupled with different ventilatory positive end-expiratory pressure levels affects the transpulmonary driving pressure during pneumoperiteneum insufflation for laparoscopic surgery. Methodology: Patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery will be included. The study will investigate the relationship between intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) and transpulmonary driving pressure (TpDp) and the effect of titration of PEEP on their relationship. At three different levels of intra-abdominal pressure, the respiratory driving pressure (RDp) and TpDp in each subject will be measured in each subject. The same subject will undergo two different ventilation strategies. Demographic data (height, weight, body mass index and sex), ASA physical status (surgical risk classification of the American Society of Anesthesiology), number of previous abdominal surgeries, number of previous pregnancies, and respiratory comorbidities will be collected. Respiratory pressures and mechanics will be recorded at each level of intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) during each ventilatory strategy. The variables recorded will include: airway pressures (Plateau pressure Pplat, Peak pressure, Ppeak), the final esophageal pressure of inspiration and expiration and pulmonary stress index. Mixed linear regression will be used to evaluate the relationship between different PEEP levels, IAP and TpDp by adjusting for known confounders and adding individuals as a random factor. Likewise, an analysis using a mixed linear regression model with the pulmonary stress index as a function of the intra-abdominal pressure, the ventilation regime, and a specific random intercept term for each subject will be performed.
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There is no accepted standard for the frequency of monitoring endotracheal tube cuff pressures (ETCP). the investigators plan on comparing two strategies for monitoring ETCP in mechanically ventilated patients. Nowadays ETCP is evaluated once every 24 hours. Next, the investigator want to conduct training for medical and nursing staff. After the training, ETCP will be measured every 8 hours. The aim of the study is to prove that more frequent pressure control (3 times a day) reduces the occurrence of abnormal ETCP.
The study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study of imatinib (as mesilate) in healthy subjects exposed inhaled lipopolysaccharide. During the study, eight oral doses of imatinib, or placebo, will each be taken 12 hours apart, before subjects are exposed to nebulized lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Four hours after LPS exposure, a bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) will be undertaken, and BAL fluid (BALF collected. Once study assessments are completed, a follow-up visit will be conducted approximately 7 days after the last dose of imatinib. The primary objective of the study is to investigate the effect of imatinib on LPS-induced pulmonary vascular dysfunction. The primary endpoints of this study are: 1. Change in the number of neutrophils in BALF 6 hours after the LPS challenge in subjects exposed to imatinib compared with placebo. 2. Change in concentration of total protein in BALF 6 hours after the LPS challenge in subjects exposed to imatinib compared with placebo