ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2021
Regional ventilation distribution in healthy lungs: can reference values be established for electrical impedance tomography parameters?
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- Physiological effects of high-flow nasal cannula during sustained high-intensity exercise in healthy volunteers: a randomised crossover trial.ERJ open research · 2025Article
- Electrical Impedance Tomography, Artificial Intelligence, and Variable Ventilation: Transforming Respiratory Monitoring and Treatment in Critical Care.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- Methodological considerations in personalized methods for PEEP optimization with electrical impedance tomography.Annals of intensive care · 2024Article
- Monitoring of spontaneous pneumothorax using electrical impedance tomography: A case report.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Evaluating the impact of electrode planes on regional lung function assessment.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
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- Regional ventilation in spontaneously breathing COVID-19 patients during postural maneuvers assessed by electrical impedance tomography.Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2023Observational
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- The global inhomogeneity index assessed by electrical impedance tomography overestimates PEEP requirement in patients with ARDS: an observational study.BMC anesthesiology · 2022Observational
- First Attempt at Using Electrical Impedance Tomography to Predict High Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy Outcomes at an Early Phase.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is widely used for monitoring regional ventilation distribution, reference values have yet to be established for clinical use. The present study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of creating reference values for standard EIT parameters for potential clinical application.
methodsA total of 75 participants with healthy lungs were included in this prospective study (male:female, 48:27; age, 34±14 years; height, 172±7 cm; weight, 73±12 kg). The subjects were examined during spontaneous breathing in the supine position. EIT measurements were performed at the level of the 4
resultsFollowing outlier detection, EIT data from 71 subjects were finally evaluated. The values of the evaluated parameters were: CoV, 48.7%±1.7%; TVD, 48.1%±5.4%; TV
conclusionsOur study indicated that CoV and GI were stable parameters with small coefficients of variation in participants with healthy lungs. The creation of EIT parameter reference values for setting treatment targets may be feasible.
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