Breathing machine pressure and heart congestion in ARDS
Part of Heart & circulation, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study looks at how the level of pressure from a breathing machine affects blood flow back to the heart in people with severe lung injury (ARDS). It may help doctors find the best settings to protect your heart while helping your lungs.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must be in the intensive care unit with a specific lung condition called ARDS, where your blood oxygen is low despite help from a breathing machine.
- You need to be on a breathing machine (ventilator) set to a mode that helps control your breaths.
- You must not have a heart-lung machine (ECMO), unstable blood pressure, or a collapsed lung (pneumothorax).
- You cannot have had a kidney or liver transplant, or have severe liver disease (Child-Pugh C cirrhosis).
- Women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or just after childbirth cannot join.
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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