Exploring Biomarkers in the Heat and Moisture Exchange Filters
ConditionRespiratory Inflammation
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAalborg University Hospital
About this trial
When patients undergo major surgery, they are connected to a ventilator during anesthesia. A heat and moisture exchange filter (HME filter) is routinely placed in the ventilator tubing to ensure that the inhaled air is warm and humidified. Today, HME filters are used routinely in all ventilator treatments. They are typically replaced once a day and discarded as regular waste after use.
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether HME filters contain proteins and small biological particles from the patient's exhaled air.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
≥18 years, able to understand study information in Danish.
Admitted for elective surgery for non-malignant conditions with either intravenous or inhalation anaesthesia and invasive mechanical ventilation according to standard practice.
Expected invasive mechanical ventilation > 1 hour.
Possess legal capacity.
Disqualifiers
Patients who are transferred to the ICU for continuous invasive mechanical ventilation after end of elective surgery.
Known chronic lung disease.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Not listed
Trial groups
10 Participants
are grouped into 1 trial groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov