EIT Assessment of Overdistension in ARDS Patients in Prone Position

Pulmonary Overdistension Assessment With Electrical Impedance Tomography in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrom in Prone Position

Mechanical ventilation in ARDS requires protective ventilation with low VT and PEEP. PEEP titration can improve lung recruitment in the dependent lung but with a risk of overdistension in the non-dependant lung. EIT can measure the distribution of tidal ventilation and assess overdistension and collapse during a PEEP titration in any position (prone or not).

This study aims to measure the best PEEP as a compromise between recruitment and overdistension during a PEEP trial with EIT before and just after PP.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients hospitalized in the ICU and who suffered moderate or severe ARDS (Berlin criteria, PaO2/FiO2<150), intubated sedated, under myorelaxant and equipped with EIT
• Over the age of 18.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Broncho-pleural leaks
• Pregnant or breastfeeding woman.
• Guardianship or curatorship
• Deprived of liberty
• No health insurance
• Impossibility to correctly position the EIT belt (e.g., dressings, chest drainage, etc.)
• Contra indications to EIT (e.g., implantable cardiac defibrillator, pacemaker, instable spinal lesions)