Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Measurement of Regional Lung Opening and Closing Pressures in Patients With Acute Lung Injury Using Electrical Impedance Tomography
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is the measurement of regional opening and closing pressures of lung tissue by electrical impedance tomography in lung healthy and patients with acute lung injury. These values might help the setting of positive endexpiratory pressure during artificial ventilation to avoid the cyclic opening and closing of alveoli.