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Primary objective of this study is to assess the feasibility of using a monitoring and a titration algorithm to prevent inactivity and excessive activity of the diaphragm. This will be determined by comparing the fraction of breaths where diaphragm…
Patients with chronic respiratory failure currently start their ventilatory support in hospital as stated in national guideline. However, as these patients are severely disabled, a stay at the hospital for several days is experienced by many as very…
-To assess the central chemosensitivity by an carbon dioxide rebreathing test-To assess mouth occlusion pressures during the carbon dioxide rebreathing test-To study the relation between these results and the results obtained with the MRI and…
We want to investigate if it is possible to set up the entire process of home mechanical ventilation outside the hospital. This means practically that the patients will not be admitted to the hospital. The goal of this study is to answer the…
.Currently, vacuum-assisted drainage and closed drainage using redon catheters are widely accepted methods for the treatment of mediastinitis. However, it is unknown which technique is considered to be the most effective. We hypothesize that closed…
The objective of this study is to get insight in the effect of the Cardio Thoracic Harness for men and the Cardio thoracic bra for women. The harness and the bra possibly have an important role in pain management. The producer of the harness and the…
The aim of this study is to compare the clinical outcome and survival in patients undergoing sternal closure treatment or conventional treatment for postoperative mediastinitis. The secondary objective is to determine incidence of mediastinitis and…
The aim of this study is to determine whether external weights affect the intensity of NMES and the possible effects on metabolic processes and muscle activity in COPD patients.
It is not known whether recurrent wheeze in preterm children is caused by RSV infection (serial hypothesis) or that RSV infection is the first indication of chronic airway morbidity that would develop anyway (parallel hypothesis). This study aims to…
The primary objective of this study is to investigate whether electrical stimulation applied to the abdominal wall muscles in synchrony with exhalation can be feasible to prevent the development of atrophy of the abdominal wall muscles during the…
Primary Objective:To examine the effect of ORIF versus nonoperative treatment of multiple simple fractured ribs on the rate of pneumonia within 30 days after trauma, in adult patients who sustained multiple simple fractured ribs.Secondary Objectives…
Primary Objective:To investigate the effect of respiratory and physical exercises in VR on pulmonary recovery compared to the standard of care of patients suffering from blunt chest trauma.Secondary Objective(s):- To investigate if VRx can improve…
PRONELIFE is the first randomized controlled trial comparing the prone position with the supine position in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure from any cause that recruits a sufficient number of patients to test the hypothesis that…
Primary objective of the current study is to determine the impact of intercostal nerve cryoablation on postoperative length of hospital stay compared to standard pain management of pectus excavatum patients treated with the minimal invasive Nuss…
The primary goal is to evaluate the difference between diaphragm tissue characteristics and movement in extubated COVID-ICU patients after >72 hours of invasive mechanical ventilation compared to other ICU-patients and healthy controls.…
Our objective is to compare the efficacy of early chest tube removal combined with single-shot PVB versus standard treatment (chest tube for at least 3 days and thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA)) after surgery for PSP. Efficacy is defined as proving…