Observational studyRespiratory research2024
Electrical Impedance Tomography as a monitoring tool during weaning from mechanical ventilation: an observational study during the spontaneous breathing trial.
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- Visual feedback using electrical impedance tomography during inhalation therapy for chronic obstructive lung disease: a pilot study.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Physiological comparison of high-flow oxygen via endotracheal tube and T-piece strategies during spontaneous breathing trials: a randomized crossover study.Critical care (London, England) · 2026Trial
- Physiological Effects of High-Flow Nasal Oxygen Compared With Conventional Oxygen Therapy: A Randomized Trial in Postextubation Patients.Critical care medicine · 2026Trial
- Clinical applications of electrical impedance tomography in pediatric subjects.Pediatric research · 2026Review
- Clinical Application of Electrical Impedance Tomography in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Electrical Impedance Tomography Monitoring During Extubation in Critically Ill Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Recent advances in experimental and clinical applications of chest electrical impedance tomography: a narrative review.Intensive care medicine experimental · 2026Review
- Physical and Physiological Mechanisms of Emergent Hydrodynamic Pressure in High-Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy.Advances in respiratory medicine · 2025Review
- Recommendations for lung ventilation and perfusion assessment with chest electrical impedance tomography in critically ill adult patients: an international evidence-based and expert Delphi consensus study.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Inspiratory effort increases blood volume in the thoracic cavity and decreases end-expiratory lung impedance: a preliminary prospective study.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- Electrical impedance tomography: from technical innovations to bedside clinical solutions.World journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Lung electrical impedance tomography during positioning, weaning and chest physiotherapy in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients: a narrative review.Annals of intensive care · 2025Review
- Personalizing ICU liberation for critically Ill children: shaping the future of the ABCDEF bundle.Current opinion in pediatrics · 2025Review
- Three-Dimensional Electrical Impedance Imaging During Spontaneous Breathing Trials in Patients With Acute Hypoxic Respiratory Failure: A Pilot Study.Critical care explorations · 2025Article
- Electrical impedance tomography monitoring in adult ICU patients: state-of-the-art, recommendations for standardized acquisition, processing, and clinical use, and future directions.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundProlonged weaning from mechanical ventilation is associated with poor clinical outcome. Therefore, choosing the right moment for weaning and extubation is essential. Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is a promising innovative lung monitoring technique, but its role in supporting weaning decisions is yet uncertain. We aimed to evaluate physiological trends during a T-piece spontaneous breathing trail (SBT) as measured with EIT and the relation between EIT parameters and SBT success or failure.
methodsThis is an observational study in which twenty-four adult patients receiving mechanical ventilation performed an SBT. EIT monitoring was performed around the SBT. Multiple EIT parameters including the end-expiratory lung impedance (EELI), delta Tidal Impedance (ΔZ), Global Inhomogeneity index (GI), Rapid Shallow Breathing Index (RSBI
resultsEELI values dropped after the start of the SBT (p < 0.001) and did not recover to baseline after restarting mechanical ventilation. The ΔZ dropped (p < 0.001) but restored to baseline within seconds after restarting mechanical ventilation. Five patients failed the SBT, the GI (p = 0.01) and transcutaneous CO
conclusionEIT has the potential to assess changes in ventilation distribution and quantify the inhomogeneity of the lungs during the SBT. High lung inhomogeneity was found during SBT failure. Insight into physiological trends for the individual patient can be obtained with EIT during weaning from mechanical ventilation, but its role in predicting weaning failure requires further study.
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