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In this mono-center prospective study, the impact of changes in the sphingolipid metabolism in patients with pulmonary edema will be investigated.
There will be three groups of patients:
Samples of a routine bronchoalveolar lavage and EDTA-blood will be analysed in respect of sphingolipids, ceramide, sphingomyelin-phosphodiesterase and several cytokines.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| hydrostatic pulmonary edema | patients with a pulmonary edema caused by chronic heart failure | ||
| toxic pulmonary edema | patients with a pulmonary edema preceded by pneumonia | ||
| control group | not ventilated patients without any pulmonary edema receiving a bronchoscopy due to another pulmonary problem (no pneumonia, no heart failure) |
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3 groups
first group: patients with a lung oedema because of a pneumonia (about 30 patients)
second group: patients with a lung oedema because of cardiac insufficiency (about 25 patients)
third group: patients without any lung oedema (about 15 patients)
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Stefan Krüger, MD, PhD | RWTH Aachen University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Clinic I, University Hospital Aachen | Aachen | North Rhine-Westphalia | 52074 | Germany |
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| ID | Term |
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| D011654 | Pulmonary Edema |
| ID | Term |
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| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
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