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Mojoli F, Iotti GA, Torriglia F, Pozzi M, Volta CA, Bianzina S, Braschi A, Brochard L. In vivo calibration of esophageal pressure in the mechanically ventilated patient makes measurements reliable. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2016; 20:98. [PMID: 27063290 PMCID: PMC4827205 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1278-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Background Esophageal pressure (Pes) can provide information to guide mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory failure. However, both relative changes and absolute values of Pes can be affected by inappropriate filling of the esophageal balloon and by the elastance of the esophagus wall. We evaluated the feasibility and effectiveness of a calibration procedure consisting in optimization of balloon filling and subtraction of the pressure generated by the esophagus wall (Pew). Methods An esophageal balloon was progressively filled in 36 patients under controlled mechanical ventilation. VBEST was the filling volume associated with the largest tidal increase of Pes. Esophageal wall elastance was quantified and Pew was computed at each filling volume. Different filling strategies were compared by performing a validation occlusion test. Results Fifty series of measurements were performed. VBEST was 3.5 ± 1.9 ml (range 0.5–6.0). Esophagus elastance was 1.1 ± 0.5 cmH2O/ml (0.3–3.1). Both Pew and the result of the occlusion test differed among filling strategies. At filling volumes of 0.5, VBEST and 4.0 ml respectively, Pew was 0.0 ± 0.1, 2.0 ± 1.9, and 3.0 ± 1.7 cmH2O (p < 0.0001), whereas the occlusion test was satisfactory in 22 %, 98 %, and 88 % of cases (p < 0.0001). Conclusions Under mechanical ventilation, an increase of balloon filling above the conventionally recommended low volumes warrants complete transmission of Pes swings, but is associated with significant elevation of baseline. A simple calibration procedure allows finding the filling volume associated with the best transmission of tidal Pes change and subtracting the associated baseline artifact, thus making measurement of absolute values of Pes reliable. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13054-016-1278-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Francesco Mojoli
- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Emergency Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy. .,Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Emergency Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Emergency Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Arcispedale Sant'Anna, Ferrara, Italy
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- Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Emergency Department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy.,Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, Department of Clinical, Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Chiumello D, Consonni D, Coppola S, Froio S, Crimella F, Colombo A. The occlusion tests and end-expiratory esophageal pressure: measurements and comparison in controlled and assisted ventilation. Ann Intensive Care 2016; 6:13. [PMID: 26868503 PMCID: PMC4751101 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-016-0112-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Esophageal pressure is used as a reliable surrogate of the pleural pressure. It is conventionally measured by an esophageal balloon placed in the lower part of the esophagus. To validate the correct position of the balloon, a positive pressure occlusion test by compressing the thorax during an end-expiratory pause or a Baydur test obtained by occluding the airway during an inspiratory effort is used. An acceptable catheter position is defined when the ratio between the changes in esophageal and airway pressure (∆Pes/∆Paw) is close to unity. Sedation and paralysis could affect the accuracy of esophageal pressure measurements. The aim of this study was to evaluate, in mechanically ventilated patients, the effects of paralysis, two different esophageal balloon positions and two PEEP levels on the ∆Pes/∆Paw ratio measured by the positive pressure occlusion and the Baydur tests and on the end-expiratory esophageal pressure and respiratory mechanics (lung and chest wall). Methods Twenty-one intubated and mechanically ventilated patients (mean age 64.8 ± 14.0 years, body mass index 24.2 ± 4.3 kg/m2, PaO2/FiO2 319.4 ± 117.3 mmHg) were enrolled. In step 1, patients were sedated and paralyzed during volume-controlled ventilation, and in step 2, they were only sedated during pressure support ventilation. In each step, two esophageal balloon positions (middle and low, between 25–30 cm and 40–45 cm from the mouth) and two levels of PEEP (0 and 10 cmH2O) were applied. The ∆Pes/∆Paw ratio and end-expiratory esophageal pressure were evaluated. Results The ∆Pes/∆Paw ratio was slightly higher (+0.11) with positive occlusion test compared with Baydur’s test. The level of PEEP and the esophageal balloon position did not affect this ratio. The ∆Pes and ∆Paw were significantly related to a correlation coefficient of r = 0.984 during the Baydur test and r = 0.909 in the positive occlusion test. End-expiratory esophageal pressure was significantly higher in sedated and paralyzed patients compared with sedated patients (+2.47 cmH2O) and when esophageal balloon was positioned in the low position (+2.26 cmH2O). The esophageal balloon position slightly influenced the lung elastance, while the PEEP reduced the chest wall elastance without affecting the lung and total respiratory system elastance. Conclusions Paralysis and balloon position did not clinically affect the measurement of the ∆Pes/∆Paw ratio, while they significantly increased the end-expiratory esophageal pressure.
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- Davide Chiumello
- Dipartimento di Anestesia, Rianimazione (Intensiva e Subintensiva) e Terapia del Dolore, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via F. Sforza 35, Milan, Italy. .,Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
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- Unità Operativa di Epidemiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Anestesia, Rianimazione (Intensiva e Subintensiva) e Terapia del Dolore, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via F. Sforza 35, Milan, Italy.,Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Anestesia, Rianimazione (Intensiva e Subintensiva) e Terapia del Dolore, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via F. Sforza 35, Milan, Italy.,Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Carrasco Loza R, Villamizar Rodríguez G, Medel Fernández N. Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury (VILI) in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Volutrauma and Molecular Effects. Open Respir Med J 2015; 9:112-9. [PMID: 26312103 PMCID: PMC4541417 DOI: 10.2174/1874306401509010112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2015] [Revised: 04/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a clinical condition secondary to a variety of insults leading to a severe acute respiratory failure and high mortality in critically ill patients. Patients with ARDS generally require mechanical ventilation, which is another important factor that may increase the ALI (acute lung injury) by a series of pathophysiological mechanisms, whose common element is the initial volutrauma in the alveolar units, and forming part of an entity known clinically as ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). Injured lungs can be partially protected by optimal settings and ventilation modes, using low tidal volume (VT) values and high positive-end expiratory pressure (PEEP). The benefits in ARDS outcomes caused by these interventions have been confirmed by several prospective randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and are attributed to reduction in volutrauma. The purpose of this article is to present an approach to VILI pathophysiology focused on the effects of volutrauma that lead to lung injury and the ‘mechanotransduction’ mechanism. A more complete understanding about the molecular effects that physical forces could have, is essential for a better assessment of existing strategies as well as the development of new therapeutic strategies to reduce the damage resulting from VILI, and thereby contribute to reducing mortality in ARDS.
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- R Carrasco Loza
- Laboratorio de Investigación Biomédica, Hospital del Salvador, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile ; Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Clínica Dávila, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Investigación Biomédica, Hospital del Salvador, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile ; Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Clínica Dávila, Santiago, Chile
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Valentini R, Aquino-Esperanza J, Bonelli I, Maskin P, Setten M, Danze F, Attie S, Rodriguez PO. Gas exchange and lung mechanics in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: Comparison of three different strategies of positive end expiratory pressure selection. J Crit Care 2015; 30:334-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2014] [Revised: 11/08/2014] [Accepted: 11/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Managing hypercapnia in patients with severe ARDS and low respiratory system compliance: the role of esophageal pressure monitoring--a case cohort study. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:385042. [PMID: 25695069 PMCID: PMC4324110 DOI: 10.1155/2015/385042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Revised: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 10/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Purpose. Patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and hypercapnia present a formidable treatment challenge. We examined the use of esophageal balloon for assessment of transpulmonary pressures to guide mechanical ventilation for successful management of severe hypercapnia. Materials and Methods. Patients with severe ARDS and hypercapnia were studied. Esophageal balloon was inserted and mechanical ventilation was guided by assessment of transpulmonary pressures. Positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) and inspiratory driving pressures were adjusted with the aim of achieving tidal volume of 6 to 8 mL/kg based on ideal body weight (IBW), while not exceeding end inspiratory transpulmonary (EITP) pressure of 25 cm H2O. Results. Six patients with severe ARDS and hypercapnia were studied. Mean PaCO2 on enrollment was 108.33 ± 25.65 mmHg. One hour after adjustment of PEEP and inspiratory driving pressure guided by transpulmonary pressure, PaCO2 decreased to 64.5 ± 16.89 mmHg (P < 0.01). Tidal volume was 3.96 ± 0.92 mL/kg IBW before and increased to 7.07 ± 1.21 mL/kg IBW after intervention (P < 0.01). EITP pressure before intervention was low with a mean of 13.68 ± 8.69 cm H2O and remained low at 16.76 ± 4.76 cm H2O (P = 0.18) after intervention. Adjustment of PEEP and inspiratory driving pressures did not worsen oxygenation and did not affect cardiac output significantly. Conclusion. The use of esophageal balloon as a guide to mechanical ventilation was able to treat severe hypercapnia in ARDS patients.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Studies in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have been unable to demonstrate a survival advantage with higher levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) to open atelectatic lung regions or prevent their cyclic collapse. This review will discuss the challenges of accurately measuring pleural pressure with balloon-tipped catheters in the oesophagus, and the utility of such pressure monitoring to set PEEP and assess lung mechanics, focusing on patients with ARDS. RECENT FINDINGS Recent investigations have suggested that the monitoring of oesophageal pressure in ARDS patients may help individualize PEEP settings to optimize lung recruitment based on transpulmonary pressure. SUMMARY Changes in oesophageal pressure likely accurately reflect global changes in pleural pressure in supine patients with ARDS. However, absolute oesophageal pressure values in such patients may be subject to local artefacts and may substantially overestimate pleural pressure in other lung regions. Setting PEEP high enough to achieve a targeted end-expiratory transpulmonary pressure in the region of the oesophageal balloon catheter could overdistend other lung regions. Measurement of oesophageal pressure is feasible, but its clinical utility to titrate PEEP, compared with routine assessment, awaits experimental confirmation.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common cause of respiratory failure with substantial impact on public health. Patients with ARDS generally require mechanical ventilation, which risks further lung damage. Recent improvements in ARDS outcomes have been attributed to reductions in deforming stress associated with lung protective mechanical ventilation modes and settings. The following review details the mechanics of the lung parenchyma at different spatial scales and the response of its resident cells to deforming stress in order to provide the biologic underpinnings of lung protective care. RECENT FINDINGS Although lung injury is typically viewed through the lens of altered barrier properties and mechanical ventilation-associated immune responses, in this review, we call attention to the importance of heterogeneity and the physical failure of the load bearing cell and tissue elements in the pathogenesis of ARDS. Specifically, we introduce a simple elastic network model to better understand the deformations of lung regions, intra-acinar alveoli and cells within a single alveolus, and consider the role of regional distension and interfacial stress-related injury for various ventilation modes. SUMMARY Heterogeneity of stiffness and intercellular and intracellular stress failure are fundamental components of ARDS and their development also depends on the ventilation mode.
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Beda A, Güldner A, Carvalho AR, Zin WA, Carvalho NC, Huhle R, Giannella-Neto A, Koch T, de Abreu MG. Liquid- and air-filled catheters without balloon as an alternative to the air-filled balloon catheter for measurement of esophageal pressure. PLoS One 2014; 9:e103057. [PMID: 25247308 PMCID: PMC4172426 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2014] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Measuring esophageal pressure (Pes) using an air-filled balloon catheter (BC) is the common approach to estimate pleural pressure and related parameters. However, Pes is not routinely measured in mechanically ventilated patients, partly due to technical and practical limitations and difficulties. This study aimed at comparing the conventional BC with two alternative methods for Pes measurement, liquid-filled and air-filled catheters without balloon (LFC and AFC), during mechanical ventilation with and without spontaneous breathing activity. Seven female juvenile pigs (32–42 kg) were anesthetized, orotracheally intubated, and a bundle of an AFC, LFC, and BC was inserted in the esophagus. Controlled and assisted mechanical ventilation were applied with positive end-expiratory pressures of 5 and 15 cmH2O, and driving pressures of 10 and 20 cmH2O, in supine and lateral decubitus. Main Results Cardiogenic noise in BC tracings was much larger (up to 25% of total power of Pes signal) than in AFC and LFC (<3%). Lung and chest wall elastance, pressure-time product, inspiratory work of breathing, inspiratory change and end-expiratory value of transpulmonary pressure were estimated. The three catheters allowed detecting similar changes in these parameters between different ventilation settings. However, a non-negligible and significant bias between estimates from BC and those from AFC and LFC was observed in several instances. Conclusions In anesthetized and mechanically ventilated pigs, the three catheters are equivalent when the aim is to detect changes in Pes and related parameters between different conditions, but possibly not when the absolute value of the estimated parameters is of paramount importance. Due to a better signal-to-noise ratio, and considering its practical advantages in terms of easier calibration and simpler acquisition setup, LFC may prove interesting for clinical use.
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- Alessandro Beda
- Pulmonary Engineering Group, Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Department of Electronic Engineering and Postgraduate Program of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Pulmonary Engineering Group, Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Laboratory of Respiration Physiology, Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics Institute, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Biomedical Engineering Program, Alberto Luis Coimbra Program of Post-Graduation and Research in Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Respiration Physiology, Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics Institute, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Pulmonary Engineering Group, Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Department of Electronic Engineering and Postgraduate Program of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Pulmonary Engineering Group, Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Biomedical Engineering Program, Alberto Luis Coimbra Program of Post-Graduation and Research in Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Pulmonary Engineering Group, Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Pulmonary Engineering Group, Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Loring SH, Behazin N, Novero A, Novack V, Jones SB, O'Donnell CR, Talmor DS. Respiratory mechanical effects of surgical pneumoperitoneum in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2014; 117:1074-9. [PMID: 25213641 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00552.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic surgery is known to stiffen the chest wall and respiratory system, but its effects on resting pleural pressure in humans are unknown. We hypothesized that pneumoperitoneum would raise abdominal pressure, push the diaphragm into the thorax, raise pleural pressure, and squeeze the lung, which would become stiffer at low volumes as in severe obesity. Nineteen predominantly obese laparoscopic patients without pulmonary disease were studied supine (level), under neuromuscular blockade, before and after insufflation of CO2 to a gas pressure of 20 cmH2O. Esophageal pressure (Pes) and airway pressure (Pao) were measured to estimate pleural pressure and transpulmonary pressure (Pl = Pao - Pes). Changes in relaxation volume (Vrel, at Pao = 0) were estimated from changes in expiratory reserve volume, the volume extracted between Vrel, and the volume at Pao = -25 cmH2O. Inflation pressure-volume (Pao-Vl) curves from Vrel were assessed for evidence of lung compression due to high Pl. Respiratory mechanics were measured during ventilation with a positive end-expiratory pressure of 0 and 7 cmH2O. Pneumoperitoneum stiffened the chest wall and the respiratory system (increased elastance), but did not stiffen the lung, and positive end-expiratory pressure reduced Ecw during pneumoperitoneum. Contrary to our expectations, pneumoperitoneum at Vrel did not significantly change Pes [8.7 (3.4) to 7.6 (3.2) cmH2O; means (SD)] or expiratory reserve volume [183 (142) to 155 (114) ml]. The inflation Pao-Vl curve above Vrel did not show evidence of increased lung compression with pneumoperitoneum. These results in predominantly obese subjects can be explained by the inspiratory effects of abdominal pressure on the rib cage.
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- Stephen H Loring
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts;
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel; and
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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The assessment of transpulmonary pressure in mechanically ventilated ARDS patients. Intensive Care Med 2014; 40:1670-8. [PMID: 25112501 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-014-3415-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 07/19/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE The optimal method for estimating transpulmonary pressure (i.e. the fraction of the airway pressure transmitted to the lung) has not yet been established. METHODS In this study on 44 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), we computed the end-inspiratory transpulmonary pressure as the change in airway and esophageal pressure from end-inspiration to atmospheric pressure (i.e. release derived) and as the product of the end-inspiratory airway pressure and the ratio of lung to respiratory system elastance (i.e. elastance derived). The end-expiratory transpulmonary pressure was estimated as the product of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) minus the direct measurement of esophageal pressure and by the release method. RESULTS The mean elastance- and release-derived transpulmonary pressure were 14.4 ± 3.7 and 14.4 ± 3.8 cmH₂O at 5 cmH₂O of PEEP and 21.8 ± 5.1 and 21.8 ± 4.9 cmH₂O at 15 cmH₂O of PEEP, respectively (P = 0.32, P = 0.98, respectively), indicating that these parameters were significantly related (r(2) = 0.98, P < 0.001 at 5 cmH₂O of PEEP; r(2) = 0.93, P < 0.001 at 15 cmH₂O of PEEP). The percentage error was 5.6 and 12.0 %, respectively. The mean directly measured and release-derived transpulmonary pressure were -8.0 ± 3.8 and 3.9 ± 0.9 cmH₂O at 5 cmH₂O of PEEP and -1.2 ± 3.2 and 10.6 ± 2.2 cmH₂O at 15 cmH₂O of PEEP, respectively, indicating that these parameters were not related (r(2) = 0.07, P = 0.08 at 5 cmH₂O of PEEP; r (2) = 0.10, P = 0.53 at 15 cmH₂O of PEEP). CONCLUSIONS Based on our observations, elastance-derived transpulmonary pressure can be considered to be an adequate surrogate of the release-derived transpulmonary pressure, while the release-derived and directly measured end-expiratory transpulmonary pressure are not related.
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Steier J, Lunt A, Hart N, Polkey MI, Moxham J. Observational study of the effect of obesity on lung volumes. Thorax 2014; 69:752-9. [PMID: 24736287 DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Severe obesity causes respiratory morbidity and mortality. The impact of obesity on the mechanics of breathing is not fully understood. PATIENTS AND METHODS We undertook a comprehensive observational study of lung volumes and elasticity in nine obese and nine normal weight subjects, seated and supine, during spontaneous breathing. Seated and supine total lung capacity (TLC) and subdivisions were measured by multibreath helium dilution method. Using balloon catheters, oesophageal (Poes) and gastric (Pgas) pressures were recorded. Transpulmonary pressure (PL) was calculated as mouth pressure (Pmouth)-Poes, and complete expiratory PL volume curves were measured. RESULTS The obese group had a body mass index (BMI) of 46.8 (17.2) kg/m(2), and the normal group had a BMI of 23.2 (1.6) kg/m(2) (p=0.001). Obese and normals were matched for age (p=0.233), gender (p=0.637) and height (p=0.094). The obese were more restricted than the normals (TLC 88.6 (16.9) vs 104.4 (12.3) %predicted, p=0.033; FEV1/FVC 79.6 (7.3) vs 82.5 (4.2) %, p=0.325), had dramatically reduced expiratory reserve volume (ERV 0.4 (0.4) vs 1.7 (0.6) L, p<0.001) and end-tidal functional residual capacity (FRC) was smaller (37.5 (6.9) vs 46.9 (4.6) %TLC, p=0.004) when seated, but was similar when supine (39.4 (7.7) vs 41.5 (4.3) %TLC, p=0.477). Gastric pressures at FRC were significantly elevated in the obese (seated 19.1 (4.7) vs 12.1 (6.2) cm H2O, p=0.015; supine 14.3 (5.7) vs 7.1 (2.6) cm H2O, p=0.003), as were end-expiratory oesophageal pressures at FRC (seated 5.2 (6.9) vs -2.0 (3.5) cm H2O, p=0.013; supine 14.0 (8.0) vs 5.4 (3.1) cm H2O, p=0.008). BMI correlated with end-expiratory gastric (seated R(2)=0.43, supine R(2)=0.66, p<0.01) and oesophageal pressures (seated R(2)=0.51, supine R(2)=0.62, p<0.01). CONCLUSIONS Obese subjects have markedly increased gastric and oesophageal pressures, both when upright and supine, causing dramatically reduced FRC and ERV, which increases work of breathing.
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- Joerg Steier
- King's College London School of Medicine, King's Health Partners, King's College Hospital, London, UK Lane Fox Unit, Sleep Disorders Centre, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- King's College London School of Medicine, King's Health Partners, King's College Hospital, London, UK
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- King's College London School of Medicine, King's Health Partners, King's College Hospital, London, UK Lane Fox Unit, Sleep Disorders Centre, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, The Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College, London, UK
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- King's College London School of Medicine, King's Health Partners, King's College Hospital, London, UK
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This article describes the gas exchange abnormalities occurring in the acute respiratory distress syndrome seen in adults and children and in the respiratory distress syndrome that occurs in neonates. Evidence is presented indicating that the major gas exchange abnormality accounting for the hypoxemia in both conditions is shunt, and that approximately 50% of patients also have lungs regions in which low ventilation-to-perfusion ratios contribute to the venous admixture. The various mechanisms by which hypercarbia may develop and by which positive end-expiratory pressure improves gas exchange are reviewed, as are the effects of vascular tone and airway narrowing. The mechanisms by which surfactant abnormalities occur in the two conditions are described, as are the histological findings that have been associated with shunt and low ventilation-to-perfusion.
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- Chief of Medicine, Denver Health, Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado, Adjunct Professor of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA.
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Noujeim C, Bouakl I, El-Khatib M, Bou-Khalil P. Ventilator auto-cycling from cardiogenic oscillations: case report and review of literature. Nurs Crit Care 2013; 18:222-8. [PMID: 23968440 DOI: 10.1111/nicc.12029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2013] [Revised: 04/21/2013] [Accepted: 04/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Brain death is the total loss of all brain and brain stem functions, and its diagnosis is often confirmed by an apnoea test, which relies on disconnecting the patient from the ventilator. Auto-triggering or auto-cycling is defined as a ventilator being triggered in the absence of patient effort, intrinsic respiratory drive or inspiratory muscle activity. Ventilator auto-triggering could delay the diagnosis of brain death leading to unnecessary admission for the patient and false hopes of recovery for the family. METHODS We report a case of ventilator auto-triggering associated with cardiogenic oscillations in a female patient. RESULTS We confirmed the finding of ventilator auto-triggering by changing the patient's position and reassessing the triggering thresholds. Brain death was then confirmed by apnoea test. CONCLUSION This case is presented to arouse the awareness of the medical staff and nurses to this phenomenon, which can mimic an intrinsic respiratory effort in patients allegedly diagnosed with brain death. Along with this case report, we review the English language publications for similar cases.
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- Carlos Noujeim
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Tannourine Governmental Hospital, Batroun, Lebanon
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Pecchiari M, Loring SH, D’Angelo E. Esophageal pressure as an estimate of average pleural pressure with lung or chest distortion in rats. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2013; 186:229-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2012] [Revised: 01/30/2013] [Accepted: 02/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Owens RL, Campana LM, Hess L, Eckert DJ, Loring SH, Malhotra A. Sitting and supine esophageal pressures in overweight and obese subjects. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2012; 20:2354-60. [PMID: 22695479 PMCID: PMC3443522 DOI: 10.1038/oby.2012.120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Esophageal pressure (P(Es)) can be used to approximate pleural pressure (P(pl)) and might be clinically useful, particularly in the obese e.g., to guide mechanical ventilator settings in critical illness. However, mediastinal artifact (the difference between true P(pl) and P(Es)) may limit acceptance of the measurement, and reproducibility of P(Es) measurements remains unknown. Therefore, we aimed to assess the effect of body posture on P(Es) in a cohort of obese, but healthy subjects, some of whom had multiple measurements, to address the clinical robustness of esophageal manometry. Twenty-five overweight and obese subjects (BMI > 25 kg/m(2)) and 11 control lean subjects (BMI < 25 kg/m(2)) underwent esophageal manometry with pressures measured seated and supine. Twenty overweight and obese subjects had measurements repeated after ~1 to 2 weeks. Anthropometric data and sitting and supine spirometry were recorded. The average end-expiratory P(Es) sitting and supine were greater in the overweight and obese group than the lean group (sitting -0.1 ± 2.1 vs. -3.3 ± 1.2 cm H(2)O, supine 9.3 ± 3.3 vs. 6.9 ± 2.8 cm H(2)O, respectively). The mean differences between repeated measurements were small (-0.3 ± 1.7 cm H(2)O sitting and -0.1 ± 1.5 cm H(2)O supine). P(Es) correlated with a number of anthropometric and spirometric variables. In conclusion, P(Es) are slightly greater in overweight and obese subjects than lean subjects; but changes with position are similar in both groups. These data indicate that mediastinal weight and postural effects on P(Es) are within a clinically acceptable range, and suggest that esophageal manometry can be used to inform clinical decision making across wide range of body types.
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- Robert L Owens
- Sleep Disorders Research Program, Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Goal-directed mechanical ventilation: are we aiming at the right goals? A proposal for an alternative approach aiming at optimal lung compliance, guided by esophageal pressure in acute respiratory failure. Crit Care Res Pract 2012; 2012:597932. [PMID: 23019524 PMCID: PMC3457592 DOI: 10.1155/2012/597932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2012] [Revised: 08/12/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Patients with acute respiratory failure and decreased respiratory system compliance due to ARDS frequently present a formidable challenge. These patients are often subjected to high inspiratory pressure, and in severe cases in order to improve oxygenation and preserve life, we may need to resort to unconventional measures. The currently accepted ARDSNet guidelines are characterized by a generalized approach in which an algorithm for PEEP application and limited plateau pressure are applied to all mechanically ventilated patients. These guidelines do not make any distinction between patients, who may have different chest wall mechanics with diverse pathologies and different mechanical properties of their respiratory system. The ability of assessing pleural pressure by measuring esophageal pressure allows us to partition the respiratory system into its main components of lungs and chest wall. Thus, identifying the dominant factor affecting respiratory system may better direct and optimize mechanical ventilation. Instead of limiting inspiratory pressure by plateau pressure, PEEP and inspiratory pressure adjustment would be individualized specifically for each patient's lung compliance as indicated by transpulmonary pressure. The main goal of this approach is to specifically target transpulmonary pressure instead of plateau pressure, and therefore achieve the best lung compliance with the least transpulmonary pressure possible.
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STENQVIST O, GRIVANS C, ANDERSSON B, LUNDIN S. Lung elastance and transpulmonary pressure can be determined without using oesophageal pressure measurements. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2012; 56:738-47. [PMID: 22524531 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2012.02696.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The aim of the present study was to demonstrate that lung elastance and transpulmonary pressure can be determined without using oesophageal pressure measurements. METHODS Studies were performed on 13 anesthetized and sacrificed ex vivo pigs. Tracheal and oesophageal pressures were measured and changes in end-expiratory lung volume (ΔEELV) determined by spirometry as the cumulative inspiratory-expiratory tidal volume difference. Studies were performed with different end-expiratory pressure steps [change in end-expiratory airway pressure (ΔPEEP)], body positions and with abdominal load. RESULTS A PEEP increase results in a multi-breath build-up of end-expiratory lung volume. End-expiratory oesophageal pressure did not increase further after the first expiration, constituting half of the change in ΔEELV following a PEEP increase, even though end-expiratory volume continued to increase. This resulted in a successive left shift of the chest wall pressure-volume curve. Even at a PEEP of 12 cmH(2) O did the end-expiratory oesophageal (pleural) pressure remain negative. CONCLUSIONS A PEEP increase resulted in a less than expected increase in end-expiratory oesophageal pressure, indicating that the chest wall and abdomen gradually can accommodate changes in lung volume. The rib cage end-expiratory spring-out force stretches the diaphragm and prevents the lung from being compressed by abdominal pressure. The increase in transpulmonary pressure following a PEEP increase was closely related to the increase in PEEP, indicating that lung compliance can be calculated from the ratio of the change in end-expiratory lung volume and the change in PEEP, ΔEELV/ΔPEEP.
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- O. STENQVIST
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care; Institute for Clinical Sciences; Sahlgrenska Academy; University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg; Sweden
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care; Institute for Clinical Sciences; Sahlgrenska Academy; University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg; Sweden
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care; Institute for Clinical Sciences; Sahlgrenska Academy; University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg; Sweden
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care; Institute for Clinical Sciences; Sahlgrenska Academy; University of Gothenburg; Gothenburg; Sweden
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Ruiz Ferrón F, Tejero Pedregosa A, Ruiz García M, Ferrezuelo Mata A, Pérez Valenzuela J, Quirós Barrera R, Rucabado Aguilar L. Presión intraabdominal y torácica en pacientes críticos con sospecha de hipertensión intraabdominal. Med Intensiva 2011; 35:274-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2011.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2009] [Revised: 02/09/2011] [Accepted: 02/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Despite the well recognized role of mechanical ventilation in lung injury, appropriate surrogate markers to guide titration of ventilator settings remain elusive. One would like to strike a balance between protecting aerated units from overdistension while recruiting unstable units, thereby reducing tissue damage associated with their cyclic recruitment and derecruitment. To do so requires some estimate of the topographical distribution of parenchymal stress and strain. RECENT FINDINGS Recent studies have highlighted the importance of chest wall recoil and its effect on pleural pressure (Ppl) in determining lung stress. Although esophageal pressure (Pes) has traditionally been used to measure the average Ppl in normal upright patients, in recumbent acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome patients Pes-based estimates of Ppl are subject to untestable assumptions. Nevertheless, Pes measurements in recumbent patients with injured lungs strongly suggest that Ppl over dependent parts of the lung can exceed airway pressure by substantial amounts. Moreover, results of a pilot study in which Pes was used to titrate positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) suggest clinical benefit. SUMMARY Notwithstanding its theoretical limitations, esophageal manometry has shown promise in PEEP titration and deserves further evaluation in a larger trial on patients with injured lungs.
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- Maria Plataki
- Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Mattingley JS, Holets SR, Oeckler RA, Stroetz RW, Buck CF, Hubmayr RD. Sizing the lung of mechanically ventilated patients. Crit Care 2011; 15:R60. [PMID: 21320330 PMCID: PMC3221993 DOI: 10.1186/cc10034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2010] [Revised: 01/12/2011] [Accepted: 02/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Introduction This small observational study was motivated by our belief that scaling the tidal volume in mechanically ventilated patients to the size of the injured lung is safer and more 'physiologic' than scaling it to predicted body weight, i.e. its size before it was injured. We defined Total Lung Capacity (TLC) as the thoracic gas volume at an airway pressure of 40 cm H2O and tested if TLC could be inferred from the volume of gas that enters the lungs during a brief 'recruitment' maneuver. Methods Lung volume at relaxed end expiration (Vrel) as well as inspiratory capacity (IC), defined as the volume of gas that enters the lung during a 5 second inflation to 40 cm H2O, were measured in 14 patients with respiratory failure. TLC was defined as the sum of IC and Vrel. The dependence of IC and Vrel on body mass index (BMI), respiratory system elastance and plateau airway pressure was assessed. Results TLC was reduced to 59 ± 23% of that predicted. Vrel/TLC, which averaged 0.45 ± 0.11, was no different than the 0.47 ± 0.04 predicted during health in the supine posture. The greater than expected variability in observed Vrel/TLC was largely accounted for by BMI. Vrel and IC were correlated (r = 0.76). Taking BMI into account strengthened the correlation (r = 0.92). Conclusions We conclude that body mass is a powerful determinant of lung volume and plateau airway pressure. Effective lung size can be easily estimated from a recruitment maneuver derived inspiratory capacity measurement and body mass index.
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- Jennifer S Mattingley
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Kelly VJ, Brown NJ, King GG, Thompson BR. The bronchodilator response of in vivo specific airway compliance in adults with asthma. Ann Biomed Eng 2010; 39:1125-35. [PMID: 21184178 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-0206-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2010] [Accepted: 11/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A new technique has been developed to determine in vivo airway compliance in humans that is specific to airway size and transpulmonary pressure, and can be represented as a three-dimensional surface. As yet, the ability of this technique to detect changes in specific airway compliance with disease status has not been demonstrated. The aim of this study was to assess whether this technique could determine changes in airway compliance which are thought to occur with altered smooth muscle tone in adults with asthma. Airway compliance was measured and displayed as a surface in adults with asthma before and after a reduction in smooth muscle tone by bronchodilator administration. Compliance, with respect to airway size, was calculated at three specific lung volumes; functional residual capacity (FRC), total lung capacity (TLC), and midway between FRC and TLC (MID). After bronchodilator, airway compliance increased at FRC and MID in the smaller airways (<3 mm). Furthermore, airway compliance under both conditions was greater in the smaller airways compared to the larger airways. In conclusion, our method may have future utility in assessing changes in airway compliance in respiratory diseases such as asthma.
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- Vanessa J Kelly
- The Department of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3004, Australia
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Zaccheo M, Milbrandt EB, Boujoukos A. The esophagus ... not just for food anymore? CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2010; 14:326. [PMID: 21092152 PMCID: PMC3220046 DOI: 10.1186/cc9314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Matthew Zaccheo
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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de Leon A, Thörn SE, Raoof M, Ottosson J, Wattwil M. Effects of different respiratory maneuvers on esophageal sphincters in obese patients before and during anesthesia. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2010; 54:1204-9. [PMID: 20840514 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02305.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Data on esophageal sphincters in obese individuals during anesthesia are sparse. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of different respiratory maneuvers on the pressures in the esophagus and esophageal sphincters before and during anesthesia in obese patients. METHODS Seventeen patients, aged 28-68 years, with a BMI ≥ 35 kg/m², who were undergoing a laparoscopic gastric by-pass surgery, were studied, and pressures from the hypopharynx to the stomach were recorded using high-resolution solid-state manometry. Before anesthesia, recordings were performed during normal spontaneous breathing, Valsalva and forced inspiration. The effects of anesthesia induction with remifentanil and propofol were evaluated, and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) 10 cmH₂O was applied during anesthesia. RESULTS During spontaneous breathing, the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressure was significantly lower during end-expiration compared with end-inspiration (28.5 ± 7.7 vs. 35.4 ± 10.8 mmHg, P<0.01), but barrier pressure (BrP) and intra-gastric pressure (IGP) were unchanged. LES, BrP (P<0.05) and IGP (P<0.01) decreased significantly during anesthesia. BrP remained positive in all patients. IGP increased during Valsalva (P<0.01) but was unaffected by PEEP. Esophageal pressures were positive during both spontaneous breathing and mechanical ventilation. Esophageal pressures increased during PEEP from 9.4 ± 3.8 to 11.3 ± 3.3 mmHg (P<0.01). CONCLUSION During spontaneous breathing, the LES pressure was the lowest during end-expiration but there were no differences in BrP and IGP. LES, BrP and IGP decreased during anesthesia but BrP remained positive in all patients. During the application of PEEP, esophageal pressures increased and this may have a protective effect against regurgitation.
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- A de Leon
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Örebro University Hospital, Sweden.
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Plataki M, Hubmayr RD. The physical basis of ventilator-induced lung injury. Expert Rev Respir Med 2010. [PMID: 20524920 DOI: 10.1586/ers.10.28.] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Although mechanical ventilation (MV) is a life-saving intervention for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), it can aggravate or cause lung injury, known as ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). The biophysical characteristics of heterogeneously injured ARDS lungs increase the parenchymal stress associated with breathing, which is further aggravated by MV. Cells, in particular those lining the capillaries, airways and alveoli, transform this strain into chemical signals (mechanotransduction). The interaction of reparative and injurious mechanotransductive pathways leads to VILI. Several attempts have been made to identify clinical surrogate measures of lung stress/strain (e.g., density changes in chest computed tomography, lower and upper inflection points of the pressure-volume curve, plateau pressure and inflammatory cytokine levels) that could be used to titrate MV. However, uncertainty about the topographical distribution of stress relative to that of the susceptibility of the cells and tissues to injury makes the existence of a single 'global' stress/strain injury threshold doubtful.
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- Maria Plataki
- Thoracic Disease Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Although mechanical ventilation (MV) is a life-saving intervention for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), it can aggravate or cause lung injury, known as ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). The biophysical characteristics of heterogeneously injured ARDS lungs increase the parenchymal stress associated with breathing, which is further aggravated by MV. Cells, in particular those lining the capillaries, airways and alveoli, transform this strain into chemical signals (mechanotransduction). The interaction of reparative and injurious mechanotransductive pathways leads to VILI. Several attempts have been made to identify clinical surrogate measures of lung stress/strain (e.g., density changes in chest computed tomography, lower and upper inflection points of the pressure-volume curve, plateau pressure and inflammatory cytokine levels) that could be used to titrate MV. However, uncertainty about the topographical distribution of stress relative to that of the susceptibility of the cells and tissues to injury makes the existence of a single 'global' stress/strain injury threshold doubtful.
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- Maria Plataki
- Thoracic Disease Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Thoracic Disease Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Kelly VJ, Brown NJ, King GG, Thompson BR. A method to determine in vivo, specific airway compliance, in humans. Med Biol Eng Comput 2010; 48:489-96. [PMID: 20217265 DOI: 10.1007/s11517-010-0576-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2009] [Accepted: 01/09/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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In order to understand the pathophysiology of diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, it is essential to measure the mechanical properties of the airways. Currently, there are no methods to measure and quantify in vivo airway compliance in humans. In order to develop a method, we generated a curve-fitting algorithm that combines airway diameter measurements by high resolution computed tomography with pressure-volume curves obtained by the esophageal balloon technique. Our method allows the description of diameter-pressure curves for airways of varying size, presented as a 3D surface, from which specific airway compliance can be determined at any transpulmonary pressure. Applying this method to data from two healthy subjects, we found that small airways are more compliant than large airways and specific airway compliance was greatest at low transpulmonary pressures. In conclusion, our 3D surface is a useful tool to measure and quantify in vivo specific airway compliance in humans.
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- Vanessa J Kelly
- Department of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Falsos positivos en la determinación de la correcta ubicación de la sonda de presión esofágica cuando se realiza la prueba de oclusión. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIOLOGY 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s0120-3347(10)81009-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Loring SH, O'Donnell CR, Behazin N, Malhotra A, Sarge T, Ritz R, Novack V, Talmor D. Esophageal pressures in acute lung injury: do they represent artifact or useful information about transpulmonary pressure, chest wall mechanics, and lung stress? J Appl Physiol (1985) 2009; 108:515-22. [PMID: 20019160 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00835.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Acute lung injury can be worsened by inappropriate mechanical ventilation, and numerous experimental studies suggest that ventilator-induced lung injury is increased by excessive lung inflation at end inspiration or inadequate lung inflation at end expiration. Lung inflation depends not only on airway pressures from the ventilator but, also, pleural pressure within the chest wall. Although esophageal pressure (Pes) measurements are often used to estimate pleural pressures in healthy subjects and patients, they are widely mistrusted and rarely used in critical illness. To assess the credibility of Pes as an estimate of pleural pressure in critically ill patients, we compared Pes measurements in 48 patients with acute lung injury with simultaneously measured gastric and bladder pressures (Pga and P(blad)). End-expiratory Pes, Pga, and P(blad) were high and varied widely among patients, averaging 18.6 +/- 4.7, 18.4 +/- 5.6, and 19.3 +/- 7.8 cmH(2)O, respectively (mean +/- SD). End-expiratory Pes was correlated with Pga (P = 0.0004) and P(blad) (P = 0.0104) and unrelated to chest wall compliance. Pes-Pga differences were consistent with expected gravitational pressure gradients and transdiaphragmatic pressures. Transpulmonary pressure (airway pressure - Pes) was -2.8 +/- 4.9 cmH(2)O at end exhalation and 8.3 +/- 6.2 cmH(2)O at end inflation, values consistent with effects of mediastinal weight, gravitational gradients in pleural pressure, and airway closure at end exhalation. Lung parenchymal stress measured directly as end-inspiratory transpulmonary pressure was much less than stress inferred from the plateau airway pressures and lung and chest wall compliances. We suggest that Pes can be used to estimate transpulmonary pressures that are consistent with known physiology and can provide meaningful information, otherwise unavailable, in critically ill patients.
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- Stephen H Loring
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Behazin N, Jones SB, Cohen RI, Loring SH. Respiratory restriction and elevated pleural and esophageal pressures in morbid obesity. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2009; 108:212-8. [PMID: 19910329 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91356.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To explore mechanisms of restrictive respiratory physiology and high pleural pressure (P(Pl)) in severe obesity, we studied 51 obese subjects (body mass index = 38-80.7 kg/m(2)) and 10 nonobese subjects, both groups without lung disease, anesthetized, and paralyzed for surgery. We measured esophageal and gastric pressures (P(Es), P(Ga)) using a balloon-catheter, airway pressure (P(AO)), flow, and volume. We compared P(Es) to another estimate of P(Pl) based on P(AO) and flow. Reasoning that the lungs would not inflate until P(AO) exceeded alveolar and pleural pressures (P(AO) > P(Alv) > P(Pl)), we disconnected subjects from the ventilator for 10-15 s to allow them to reach relaxation volume (V(Rel)) and then slowly raised P(AO) until lung volume increased by 10 ml, indicating the "threshold P(AO)" (P(AO-Thr)) for inflation, which we took to be an estimate of the lowest P(Alv) or P(Pl) to be found in the chest at V(Rel). P(AO-Thr) ranged from 0.6 to 14.0 cmH2O in obese and 0.2 to 0.9 cmH2O in control subjects. P(Es) at V(Rel) was higher in obese than control subjects (12.5 +/- 3.9 vs. 6.9 +/- 3.1 cmH2O, means +/- SD; P = 0.0002) and correlated with P(AO-Thr) (R(2) = 0.16, P = 0.0015). Respiratory system compliance (C(RS)) was lower in obese than control (0.032 +/- 0.008 vs. 0.053 +/- 0.007 l/cmH2O) due principally to lower lung compliance (0.043 +/- 0.016 vs. 0.084 +/- 0.029 l/cmH2O) rather than chest wall compliance (obese 0.195 +/- 0.109, control 0.223 +/- 0.132 l/cmH2O). We conclude that many severely obese supine subjects at relaxation volume have positive P(pl) throughout the chest. High P(Es) suggests high P(Pl) in such individuals. Lung and respiratory system compliances are low because of breathing at abnormally low lung volumes.
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- Negin Behazin
- Dept. of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Walsh JH, Leigh MS, Paduch A, Maddison KJ, Armstrong JJ, Sampson DD, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR. Effect of body posture on pharyngeal shape and size in adults with and without obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep 2009; 31:1543-9. [PMID: 19014074 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/31.11.1543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES In patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), the severity and frequency of respiratory events is increased in the supine body posture compared with the lateral recumbent posture. The mechanism responsible is not clear but may relate to the effect of posture on upper airway shape and size. This study compared the effect of body posture on upper airway shape and size in individuals with OSA with control subjects matched for age, BMI, and gender. PARTICIPANTS 11 males with OSA and 11 age- and BMI-matched male control subjects. RESULTS Anatomical optical coherence tomography was used to scan the upper airway of all subjects while awake and breathing quietly, initially when supine, and then in the lateral recumbent posture. A standard head, neck, and tongue position was maintained during scanning. Airway cross-sectional area (CSA) and anteroposterior (A-P) and lateral diameters were obtained in the oropharyngeal and velopharyngeal regions in both postures. A-P to lateral diameter ratios provided an index of regional airway shape. In equivalent postures, the ratio of A-P to lateral diameter in the velopharynx was similar in OSA and control subjects. In both groups, this ratio was significantly less for the supine than for the lateral recumbent posture. CSA was smaller in OSA subjects than in controls but was unaffected by posture. CONCLUSIONS The upper airway changes from a more transversely oriented elliptical shape when supine to a more circular shape when in the lateral recumbent posture but without altering CSA. Increased circularity decreases propensity to tube collapse and may account for the postural dependency of OSA.
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- Jennifer H Walsh
- West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia.
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Effect of the chest wall on pressure-volume curve analysis of acute respiratory distress syndrome lungs. Crit Care Med 2008; 36:2980-5. [PMID: 18824918 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e318186afcb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Previously published methods to assess the chest wall effect on total respiratory system pressure-volume (P-V) curves in acute respiratory distress syndrome have been performed on the lung and chest wall in isolation. We sought to quantify the effect of the chest wall by considering the chest wall and lung in series. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Academic health center medical and surgical intensive care units. PATIENTS Twenty-two patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome/acute lung injury. INTERVENTIONS Using a sigmoidal equation, we fit the pressure-volume data of the lung alone, and defined for each curve the pressure at the point of maximum compliance increase (Pmci), decrease (Pmcd), and the point of inflection (Pinf). We calculated the pressure to which the total respiratory system must be inflated to achieve a volume that would place the lung at each point of interest. We compared these "corrected" pressures (Pmci,c, Pmcd,c, and Pinf,c) to the measured values of the total respiratory system. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The average difference between Pmci and Pmci,c was 0.12 cm H2O on inflation (2sd = 5.6 cm H2O) and -1.4 cm H2O on deflation (2sd = 5.0 cm H2O); between Pmcd and Pmcd,c was 1.73 cm H2O on inflation (2sd = 4.5 cm H2O) and -0.15 cm H2O on deflation (2sd = 4.9 cm H2O); and between Pinf and Pinf,c was 0.14 cm H2O on inflation (2sd = 6.7 cm H2O) and -0.35 cm H2O on deflation (2sd = 5.0 cm H2O). CONCLUSIONS This method of "correcting" the total respiratory system P-V curve for the chest wall allows for calculation of an airway pressure that would place the lung at a desired volume on its P-V curve. For most patients, the chest wall had little influence on the total respiratory system P-V curve. However, there were patients in whom the chest wall did potentially have clinical significance.
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Talmor D, Sarge T, Malhotra A, O'Donnell CR, Ritz R, Lisbon A, Novack V, Loring SH. Mechanical ventilation guided by esophageal pressure in acute lung injury. N Engl J Med 2008; 359:2095-104. [PMID: 19001507 PMCID: PMC3969885 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0708638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 665] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Survival of patients with acute lung injury or the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has been improved by ventilation with small tidal volumes and the use of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP); however, the optimal level of PEEP has been difficult to determine. In this pilot study, we estimated transpulmonary pressure with the use of esophageal balloon catheters. We reasoned that the use of pleural-pressure measurements, despite the technical limitations to the accuracy of such measurements, would enable us to find a PEEP value that could maintain oxygenation while preventing lung injury due to repeated alveolar collapse or overdistention. METHODS We randomly assigned patients with acute lung injury or ARDS to undergo mechanical ventilation with PEEP adjusted according to measurements of esophageal pressure (the esophageal-pressure-guided group) or according to the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network standard-of-care recommendations (the control group). The primary end point was improvement in oxygenation. The secondary end points included respiratory-system compliance and patient outcomes. RESULTS The study reached its stopping criterion and was terminated after 61 patients had been enrolled. The ratio of the partial pressure of arterial oxygen to the fraction of inspired oxygen at 72 hours was 88 mm Hg higher in the esophageal-pressure-guided group than in the control group (95% confidence interval, 78.1 to 98.3; P=0.002). This effect was persistent over the entire follow-up time (at 24, 48, and 72 hours; P=0.001 by repeated-measures analysis of variance). Respiratory-system compliance was also significantly better at 24, 48, and 72 hours in the esophageal-pressure-guided group (P=0.01 by repeated-measures analysis of variance). CONCLUSIONS As compared with the current standard of care, a ventilator strategy using esophageal pressures to estimate the transpulmonary pressure significantly improves oxygenation and compliance. Multicenter clinical trials are needed to determine whether this approach should be widely adopted. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00127491.)
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- Daniel Talmor
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston 02215, USA.
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Brower RG, Hubmayr RD, Slutsky AS. Lung stress and strain in acute respiratory distress syndrome: good ideas for clinical management? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008; 178:323-4. [PMID: 18676962 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200805-733ed] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Owens RL, Stigler WS, Hess DR. Do newer monitors of exhaled gases, mechanics, and esophageal pressure add value? Clin Chest Med 2008; 29:297-312, vi-vii. [PMID: 18440438 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2008.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The current understanding of lung mechanics and ventilator-induced lung injury suggests that patients who have acute respiratory distress syndrome should be ventilated in such a way as to minimize alveolar over-distension and repeated alveolar collapse. Clinical trials have used such lung protective strategies and shown a reduction in mortality; however, there is data that these "one-size fits all" strategies do not work equally well in all patients. This article reviews other methods that may prove useful in monitoring for potential lung injury: exhaled breath condensate, pressure-volume curves, and esophageal manometry. The authors explore the concepts, benefits, difficulties, and relevant clinical trials of each.
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- Robert L Owens
- Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Cox 2, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Hess DR, Bigatello LM. The chest wall in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome. Curr Opin Crit Care 2008; 14:94-102. [PMID: 18195633 DOI: 10.1097/mcc.0b013e3282f40952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW There has recently been renewed interest in the chest wall during mechanical ventilation, related to lung-protective ventilation strategies, as well as in the role of abdominal pressure in many facets of critical illness. The purpose of this review is to address relevant issues related to the chest wall and mechanical ventilation, particularly in patients with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome. RECENT FINDINGS In mechanically ventilated patients with acute lung injury, intra-abdominal pressure is an important determinant of chest wall compliance. With elevated intra-abdominal pressure, the compliance of the chest wall and total respiratory system is decreased, with a relatively normal compliance of the lungs. The lung compression effects of increased intra-abdominal pressure may lead to a loss of lung volume with atelectasis. An appropriate level of positive end-expiratory pressure is necessary to counterbalance this collapsing effect on the lungs. Also, the stiff chest wall results in a lower transpulmonary pressure during positive-pressure ventilation. SUMMARY As chest wall compliance may have important clinical implications during positive-pressure ventilation, the physiology of this effect should be considered, particularly in patients with acute lung injury and increased abdominal pressure.
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- Dean R Hess
- Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, Massachusetts, USA
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Fiz JA, Gnitecki J, Kraman SS, Wodicka GR, Pasterkamp H. Effect of body position on lung sounds in healthy young men. Chest 2008; 133:729-36. [PMID: 18198265 DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The effect of body position on the generation of abnormal respiratory sounds (eg, snoring and stridor) is well recognized. Postural effects on normal lung sounds have been studied in less detail but need to be clarified if respiratory acoustic measurements are to be used effectively in clinical practice. METHODS Lung sounds and airflow were recorded in six healthy male subjects. Two acoustic sensors were placed over corresponding sites of the right and left chest, first anteriorly and then on the back. Subjects were studied in sitting, supine, prone, and lateral decubitus positions. Lung sound intensity (LSI) was determined at flows of 0.4 to 0.6 L/s and 0.8 to 1.2 L/s within frequency bands of 150 to 300 Hz and 300 to 600 Hz. RESULTS LSI was greater over the dependent lungs in the lateral decubitus positions. In the sitting position, LSI was greater on the left compared with the right posterior lung at the same airflow within the same frequency bands. Compared with sitting, neither the supine nor prone positions caused a significant change in LSI. CONCLUSIONS Our study confirms previously reported asymmetries of normal lung sounds. The insignificant change of flow-specific LSI between the upright and horizontal positions in healthy subjects is encouraging for the clinical use of respiratory acoustic measurements. Further studies should address postural effects on lung sounds in patients with acute lung injury and other lung pathologies.
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Loring SH, O'donnell CR, Feller-Kopman DJ, Ernst A. Central Airway Mechanics and Flow Limitation in Acquired Tracheobronchomalacia. Chest 2007; 131:1118-24. [PMID: 17426218 DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Acquired tracheobronchomalacia (TBM) can cause central airway collapse in patients with COPD and may worsen airflow obstruction and symptoms. It is usually not known whether central airway malacia contributes to airflow obstruction. This study was undertaken to quantify central airway collapsibility and relate it to expiratory flow limitation in patients with TBM. METHODS Eighty patients evaluated for acquired TBM and 4 healthy control subjects were studied with measurements of central airway narrowing derived from bronchoscopic videotapes and simultaneous pressure measurements in the trachea and esophagus. Tracheal narrowing was assessed by a shape index and plotted against the transtracheal pressure to measure collapsibility. Subsequently, airflow and transpulmonary pressure (PL) were measured to identify expiratory flow limitation during quiet breathing and to determine the critical PL required for maximum expiratory flow. RESULTS Tracheal collapsibility varied widely among patients. Some had profound tracheal narrowing during quiet breathing, and others showed substantial collapse only during forced exhalation. Of the patients, 15% were not flow limited during quiet breathing, 53% were flow limited throughout exhalation, and 30% were flow limited only during the latter part of the exhalation. Patients with flow limitation at rest showed greater tracheal narrowing than those without (p = 0.009), but the severity of expiratory flow limitation was not closely related to tracheal collapsibility. Twenty-three patients were flow limited during quiet exhalation at PLs that did not cause central airway collapse. CONCLUSIONS In TBM, central airway collapse is not closely related to airflow obstruction, and expiratory flow limitation at rest often occurs in peripheral airways without central airway collapse.
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- Stephen H Loring
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave, DA 717, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Ramnath VR, Hess DR, Thompson BT. Conventional mechanical ventilation in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Clin Chest Med 2007; 27:601-13; abstract viii. [PMID: 17085249 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2006.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome are inflammatory conditions involving a broad spectrum of lung injury from mild respiratory abnormality to severe respiratory derangement. Regardless of cause (direct or indirect lung injury), pulmonary physiology and mechanics are altered, leading to hypoxemic respiratory failure. the use of positive pressure ventilation itself may cause lung injury (ventilator-induced lung injury, or VILI). VILI may amplify preexisting injury, delay lung recovery, and result in adverse outcomes. This article examines the evidence supporting lung-protective ventilation strategies and addresses the methods, outcomes, and potential obstacles to implementation of such approaches.
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- Venktesh R Ramnath
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Bulfinch 148, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Talmor D, Sarge T, O'Donnell CR, Ritz R, Malhotra A, Lisbon A, Loring SH. Esophageal and transpulmonary pressures in acute respiratory failure. Crit Care Med 2006; 34:1389-94. [PMID: 16540960 PMCID: PMC2278169 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000215515.49001.a2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Pressure inflating the lung during mechanical ventilation is the difference between pressure applied at the airway opening (Pao) and pleural pressure (Ppl). Depending on the chest wall's contribution to respiratory mechanics, a given positive end-expiratory and/or end-inspiratory plateau pressure may be appropriate for one patient but inadequate or potentially injurious for another. Thus, failure to account for chest wall mechanics may affect results in clinical trials of mechanical ventilation strategies in acute respiratory distress syndrome. By measuring esophageal pressure (Pes), we sought to characterize influence of the chest wall on Ppl and transpulmonary pressure (PL) in patients with acute respiratory failure. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Medical and surgical intensive care units at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. PATIENTS Seventy patients with acute respiratory failure. INTERVENTIONS Placement of esophageal balloon-catheters. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Airway, esophageal, and gastric pressures recorded at end-exhalation and end-inflation Pes averaged 17.5 +/- 5.7 cm H2O at end-expiration and 21.2 +/- 7.7 cm H2O at end-inflation and were not significantly correlated with body mass index or chest wall elastance. Estimated PL was 1.5 +/- 6.3 cm H2O at end-expiration, 21.4 +/- 9.3 cm H2O at end-inflation, and 18.4 +/- 10.2 cm H2O (n = 40) during an end-inspiratory hold (plateau). Although PL at end-expiration was significantly correlated with positive end-expiratory pressure (p < .0001), only 24% of the variance in PL was explained by Pao (R = .243), and 52% was due to variation in Pes. CONCLUSIONS In patients in acute respiratory failure, elevated esophageal pressures suggest that chest wall mechanical properties often contribute substantially and unpredictably to total respiratory impedance, and therefore Pao may not adequately predict PL or lung distention. Systematic use of esophageal manometry has the potential to improve ventilator management in acute respiratory failure by providing more direct assessment of lung distending pressure.
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- Daniel Talmor
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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