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Jackson R, Kim A, Moroz N, Damiani LF, Grieco DL, Piraino T, Friedrich JO, Mercat A, Telias I, Brochard LJ. Reverse triggering ? a novel or previously missed phenomenon? Ann Intensive Care 2024; 14:78. [PMID: 38776032 PMCID: PMC11111438 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-024-01303-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Reverse triggering (RT) was described in 2013 as a form of patient-ventilator asynchrony, where patient's respiratory effort follows mechanical insufflation. Diagnosis requires esophageal pressure (Pes) or diaphragmatic electrical activity (EAdi), but RT can also be diagnosed using standard ventilator waveforms. HYPOTHESIS We wondered (1) how frequently RT would be present but undetected in the figures from literature, especially before 2013; (2) whether it would be more prevalent in the era of small tidal volumes after 2000. METHODS We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, from 1950 to 2017, with key words related to asynchrony to identify papers with figures including ventilator waveforms expected to display RT if present. Experts labelled waveforms. 'Definite' RT was identified when Pes or EAdi were in the tracing, and 'possible' RT when only flow and pressure waveforms were present. Expert assessment was compared to the author's descriptions of waveforms. RESULTS We found 65 appropriate papers published from 1977 to now, containing 181 ventilator waveforms. 21 cases of 'possible' RT and 25 cases of 'definite' RT were identified by the experts. 18.8% of waveforms prior to 2013 had evidence of RT. Most cases were published after 2000 (1 before vs. 45 after, p = 0.03). 54% of RT cases were attributed to different phenomena. A few cases of identified RT were already described prior to 2013 using different terminology (earliest in 1997). While RT cases attributed to different phenomena decreased after 2013, 60% of 'possible' RT remained missed. CONCLUSION RT has been present in the literature as early as 1997, but most cases were found after the introduction of low tidal volume ventilation in 2000. Following 2013, the number of undetected cases decreased, but RT are still commonly missed. Reverse Triggering, A Missed Phenomenon in the Literature. Critical Care Canada Forum 2019 Abstracts. Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth 67 (Suppl 1), 1-162 (2020). https://doi-org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/ https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-019-01552-z .
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Affiliation(s)
- Robert Jackson
- Keenan Centre for Biomedical Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Keenan Centre for Biomedical Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Keenan Centre for Biomedical Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Respiratory Therapy, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Keenan Centre for Biomedical Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Departamento Ciencias de la Salud, Carrera de Kinesiología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Keenan Centre for Biomedical Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Anesthesia, Italy
- Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Division of Critical Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Keenan Centre for Biomedical Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Medical ICU and Vent'Lab, University Hospital of Angers, University of Angers, 4 Rue Larrey, Angers Cedex 9, 49933, France
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- Keenan Centre for Biomedical Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Keenan Centre for Biomedical Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Purpose of Review Knowledge of ventilator waveforms is important for clinicians working with children requiring mechanical ventilation. This review covers the basics of how to interpret and use data from ventilator waveforms in the pediatric intensive care unit. Recent Findings Patient-ventilator asynchrony (PVA) is a common finding in pediatric patients and observed in approximately one-third of ventilator breaths. PVA is associated with worse outcomes including increased length of mechanical ventilation, increased length of stay, and increased mortality. Identification of PVA is possible with a thorough knowledge of ventilator waveforms. Summary Ventilator waveforms are graphical descriptions of how a breath is delivered to a patient. These include three scalars (flow versus time, volume versus time, and pressure versus time) and two loops (pressure-volume and flow-volume). Thorough understanding of both scalars and loops, and their characteristic appearances, is essential to being able to evaluate a patient’s respiratory mechanics and interaction with the ventilator.
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- Elizabeth Emrath
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 125 Doughty Street, MSC 917, Charleston, SC 29425 USA
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