EIT AND NIV COPD OHS

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Changes in lung ventilation with different modes of non invasive ventilation

• IRAS ID

  187764

• Contact name

  Nicholas Hart

• Contact email

  nicholas.hart@gstt.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 1 months, 31 days

• Research summary

  Chronic lung disease can sometimes progress to the extent that patients can no longer clear the waste gas from their blood. Treatment can be offered with a mask and machine (ventilator) that helps people breathe and aims to improve their lung condition. It is common for people’s lungs to be affected variably, i.e. left more than right or top of lung more than bases of lungs. The way in which the ventilator is set may affect how well the machine deals with these differences. If the lung is better ventilator patients may find the machine more comfortable and it may be more effective.
  Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a new technology that involves wearing a belt of sensors around the chest that provides information on how well the lungs are being filled with air by the ventilator. It allows the assessment of these differences, which previously required the use of invasive equipment to obtain. The gold standard for collecting this data is pneumotachography which records the rate of airflow to and from the lungs

  We hope to use the EIT technology to assess patients breathing using different ventilator modes in order to see if one is more effective and or more comfortable than the others. We can use this information to help us set ventilators for future patients.

• REC name

  London - Westminster Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  15/LO/1921

• Date of REC Opinion

  30 Nov 2015

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion