Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka

This study will enroll 56 women with breast cancer to see if two different regional anesthesia techniques (paravertebral block vs. erector spinae plane block) cause different immune responses during surgery. Participants will receive one of the two blocks along with general anest…

This study will compare a new, shorter lung ultrasound method (using 6 checkpoints) to the standard longer method (12 checkpoints) in 20 ICU patients with acute respiratory failure. The goal is to see if the quicker method gives the same information about lung function and patien…

This study tests two methods to reopen collapsed lung sections in patients on breathing machines. One method uses a tiny camera to target air pressure directly to the blocked area, while the other applies increased pressure to the whole lung. The trial will enroll 20 ICU patients…