Altitude and Outcomes in Children with ARDS
Part of Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study looks at how elevation (altitude) affects the recovery of children with a serious lung condition called ARDS who are on a breathing machine in the intensive care unit.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Your child is between 1 month old and 18 years old.
- Your child is in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and needs a breathing machine.
- Your child has been diagnosed with pediatric ARDS (a severe lung injury) within 24 hours of starting the breathing machine.
- Your child does not have an active newborn lung disease (like breathing problems at birth).
- Your child has not been on a heart-lung bypass machine (ECMO) before or in the first day of the lung problem.
- Your child has no existing orders to limit life support before starting the breathing machine.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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