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Cammarota G, Vaschetto R, Vetrugno L, Maggiore SM. Monitoring lung recruitment. Curr Opin Crit Care 2024; 30:268-274. [PMID: 38690956 DOI: 10.1097/mcc.0000000000001157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review explores lung recruitment monitoring, covering techniques, challenges, and future perspectives. RECENT FINDINGS Various methodologies, including respiratory system mechanics evaluation, arterial bold gases (ABGs) analysis, lung imaging, and esophageal pressure (Pes) measurement are employed to assess lung recruitment. In support to ABGs analysis, the assessment of respiratory mechanics with hysteresis and recruitment-to-inflation ratio has the potential to evaluate lung recruitment and enhance mechanical ventilation setting. Lung imaging tools, such as computed tomography scanning, lung ultrasound, and electrical impedance tomography (EIT) confirm their utility in following lung recruitment with the advantage of radiation-free and repeatable application at the bedside for sonography and EIT. Pes enables the assessment of dorsal lung tendency to collapse through end-expiratory transpulmonary pressure. Despite their value, these methodologies may require an elevated expertise in their application and data interpretation. However, the information obtained by these methods may be conveyed to build machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms aimed at improving the clinical decision-making process. SUMMARY Monitoring lung recruitment is a crucial component of managing patients with severe lung conditions, within the framework of a personalized ventilatory strategy. Although challenges persist, emerging technologies offer promise for a personalized approach to care in the future.
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- Gianmaria Cammarota
- Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Ospedale SS Annunziata & Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Odonto-stomatology, Università Gabriele D'Annunzio di Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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de Jager P, Curley MAQ, Cheifetz IM, Kneyber MCJ. Hemodynamic Effects of a High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation Open-Lung Strategy in Critically Ill Children With Acquired or Congenital Cardiac Disease. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2023; 24:e272-e281. [PMID: 36877029 PMCID: PMC10226461 DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000003211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To study the hemodynamic consequences of an open-lung high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) strategy in patients with an underlying cardiac anomaly with or without intracardiac shunt or primary pulmonary hypertension with severe lung injury. DESIGN Secondary analysis of prospectively collected data. SETTING Medical-surgical PICU. PATIENTS Children less than 18 years old with cardiac anomalies (± intracardiac shunt) or primary pulmonary hypertension. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Data from 52 subjects were analyzed, of whom 39 of 52 with cardiac anomaly (23/39 with intracardiac shunt) and 13 of 52 with primary pulmonary hypertension. Fourteen patients were admitted postoperatively, and 26 patients were admitted with acute respiratory failure. Five subjects (9.6%) were canulated for ECMO (of whom four for worsening respiratory status). Ten patients (19.2%) died during PICU stay. Median conventional mechanical ventilation settings prior to HFOV were peak inspiratory pressure 30 cm H 2 O (27-33 cm H 2 O), positive end-expiratory pressure 8 cm H 2 O (6-10 cm H 2 O), and F io2 0.72 (0.56-0.94). After transitioning to HFOV, there was no negative effect on mean arterial blood pressure, central venous pressure, or arterial lactate. Heart rate decreased significantly over time ( p < 0.0001), without group differences. The percentage of subjects receiving a fluid bolus decreased over time ( p = 0.003), especially in those with primary pulmonary hypertension ( p = 0.0155) and without intracardiac shunt ( p = 0.0328). There were no significant differences in the cumulative number of daily boluses over time. Vasoactive Infusion Score did not increase over time. Pa co2 decreased ( p < 0.0002) and arterial pH significantly improved ( p < 0.0001) over time in the whole cohort. Neuromuscular blocking agents were used in all subjects switched to HFOV. Daily cumulative sedative doses were unchanged, and no clinically apparent barotrauma was found. CONCLUSIONS No negative hemodynamic consequences occurred with an individualized, physiology-based open-lung HFOV approach in patients with cardiac anomalies or primary pulmonary hypertension suffering from severe lung injury.
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- Pauline de Jager
- Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- Research Institute, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
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- Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Critical care, Anaesthesiology, Peri-operative & Emergency medicine (CAPE), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Cylwik J, Buda N. The impact of ultrasound-guided recruitment maneuvers on the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing general anesthesia. J Ultrason 2022; 22:e6-e11. [PMID: 35449694 PMCID: PMC9009342 DOI: 10.15557/jou.2022.0002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Introduction Postoperative pulmonary complications are among the most frequent problems in perioperative care. The risk of their development depends not only on the parameters associated with the patient’s initial clinical condition, but also on the employed anesthesia technique, the method of mechanical ventilation, and the type and technique of the surgical procedure. Atelectasis is the most common complication, affecting nearly 90% of the patients undergoing general anesthesia. Aim The aim of this study was to determine whether it was possible to positively impact the postoperative period and reduce the frequency of postoperative pulmonary complications via patient-based intraoperative ultrasound-guided recruitment maneuvers. Methodology The course of the postoperative period was analyzed in two groups of patients. One of them comprised 100 patients in whom no recruitment maneuvers were performed during general anesthesia. The other group (100 patients) consisted of patients in whom patient-based ultrasound-guided pulmonary recruitment maneuvers were performed. Results In the recruitment group, the postoperative hospitalization was statistically significantly shorter (p = 0.003) and the risk of intensive care treatment significantly lower. Additionally, the need for prolonged postoperative mechanical ventilation was reduced, as was the risk of respiratory tract infections. Conclusions Intraoperative ultrasound-guided recruitment maneuvers reduce the frequency of postoperative pulmonary complications.
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- Jolanta Cylwik
- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Mazovia Regional Hospital in Siedlce, Poland
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Connective Tissue Diseases and Geriatrics, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
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Protti A, Santini A, Pennati F, Chiurazzi C, Cressoni M, Ferrari M, Iapichino GE, Carenzo L, Lanza E, Picardo G, Caironi P, Aliverti A, Cecconi M. Lung response to a higher positive end-expiratory pressure in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19. Chest 2021; 161:979-988. [PMID: 34666011 PMCID: PMC8520168 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2021] [Revised: 09/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Background International guidelines suggest using a higher (> 10 cm H2O) positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in patients with moderate-to-severe ARDS due to COVID-19. However, even if oxygenation generally improves with a higher PEEP, compliance, and Paco2 frequently do not, as if recruitment was small. Research Question Is the potential for lung recruitment small in patients with early ARDS due to COVID-19? Study Design and Methods Forty patients with ARDS due to COVID-19 were studied in the supine position within 3 days of endotracheal intubation. They all underwent a PEEP trial, in which oxygenation, compliance, and Paco2 were measured with 5, 10, and 15 cm H2O of PEEP, and all other ventilatory settings unchanged. Twenty underwent a whole-lung static CT scan at 5 and 45 cm H2O, and the other 20 at 5 and 15 cm H2O of airway pressure. Recruitment and hyperinflation were defined as a decrease in the volume of the non-aerated (density above −100 HU) and an increase in the volume of the over-aerated (density below −900 HU) lung compartments, respectively. Results From 5 to 15 cm H2O, oxygenation improved in 36 (90%) patients but compliance only in 11 (28%) and Paco2 only in 14 (35%). From 5 to 45 cm H2O, recruitment was 351 (161-462) mL and hyperinflation 465 (220-681) mL. From 5 to 15 cm H2O, recruitment was 168 (110-202) mL and hyperinflation 121 (63-270) mL. Hyperinflation variably developed in all patients and exceeded recruitment in more than half of them. Interpretation Patients with early ARDS due to COVID-19, ventilated in the supine position, present with a large potential for lung recruitment. Even so, their compliance and Paco2 do not generally improve with a higher PEEP, possibly because of hyperinflation.
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- Alessandro Protti
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Units, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Units, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Units, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Units, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Units, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Units, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy; Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy; Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Units, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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Pierro M, Chioma R, Ciarmoli E, Villani P, Storti E, Copetti R. Lung ultrasound guided pulmonary recruitment during mechanical ventilation in neonates: A case series. J Neonatal Perinatal Med 2021; 15:357-365. [PMID: 34151867 DOI: 10.3233/npm-210722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recently, the first report of lung ultrasound (LUS) guided recruitment during open lung ventilation in neonates has been published. LUS guided recruitment can change the approach to open lung ventilation, which is currently performed without any measure of lung function/lung expansion in the neonatal population. METHODS We included all the newborn infants that underwent a LUS-guided recruitment maneuver during mechanical ventilation as a rescue attempt for an extremely severe respiratory condition with oxygen saturation/fraction of inspired oxygen (SpO2/FIO2) ratio below 130 or the inability to wean off mechanical ventilation. RESULTS We report a case series describing 4 LUS guided recruitment maneuvers, underlying crucial aspects of this technique that can improve the effectiveness of the procedure. In particular, we describe a novel pattern (the S-pattern) that allows us to distinguish the recruitable from the unrecruitable lung and guide the pressure titration phase. Additionally, we describe the optimal LUS-guided patient positioning. CONCLUSIONS We believe that the inclusion of specifications regarding patient positioning and the S-pattern in the LUS-guided protocol may be beneficial for the success of the procedure.
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- M Pierro
- Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, M. Bufalini Hospital, AUSL Romagna, Cesena, Italy.,Department of Mother's and Child's Health, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Mother's and Child's Health, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy.,Dipartimento Universitario Scienze della Vita e Sanitá Pubblica, Unitá Operativa Complessa di Neonatologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Mother's and Child's Health, Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy.,Department of Pediatrics, ASST Vimercate, Vimercate Hospital, Vimercate, Italy
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- Department of Critical Care, Maggiore Hospital, Lodi, Lodi, Italy
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- Department of Critical Care, Maggiore Hospital, Lodi, Lodi, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Latisana General Hospital, Udine, Italy
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Cylwik J, Buda N. Lung Ultrasonography in the Monitoring of Intraoperative Recruitment Maneuvers. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:diagnostics11020276. [PMID: 33578960 PMCID: PMC7916700 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11020276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2020] [Revised: 02/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Introduction: Postoperative respiratory failure is a serious problem in patients who undergo general anesthesia. Approximately 90% of mechanically ventilated patients during the surgery may develop atelectasis that leads to perioperative complications. Aim: The aim of this study is to determine whether it is possible to optimize recruitment maneuvers with the use of chest ultrasonography, thus limiting the risk of respiratory complications in patients who undergo general anesthesia. Methodology: The method of incremental increases in positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) values with simultaneous continuous ultrasound assessments was employed in mechanically ventilated patients. Results: The study group comprised 100 patients. The employed method allowed for atelectasis reduction in 91.9% of patients. The PEEP necessary to reverse areas of atelectasis averaged 17cmH2O, with an average peak pressure of 29cmH2O. The average PEEP that prevented repeat atelectasis was 9cmH2O. A significant improvement in lung compliance and saturation was obtained. Conclusions: Ultrasound-guided recruitment maneuvers facilitate the patient-based adjustment of the process. Consequently, the reduction in ventilation pressures necessary to aerate intraoperative atelectasis is possible, with the simultaneous reduction in the risk of procedure-related complications.
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- Jolanta Cylwik
- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Mazovia Regional Hospital, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland;
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Connective Tissue Diseases and Geriatrics, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland
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de Jager P, Burgerhof JGM, Koopman AA, Markhorst DG, Kneyber MCJ. Physiologic responses to a staircase lung volume optimization maneuver in pediatric high-frequency oscillatory ventilation. Ann Intensive Care 2020; 10:153. [PMID: 33206258 PMCID: PMC7672171 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-020-00771-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Titration of the continuous distending pressure during a staircase incremental-decremental pressure lung volume optimization maneuver in children on high-frequency oscillatory ventilation is traditionally driven by oxygenation and hemodynamic responses, although validity of these metrics has not been confirmed. METHODS Respiratory inductance plethysmography values were used construct pressure-volume loops during the lung volume optimization maneuver. The maneuver outcome was evaluated by three independent investigators and labeled positive if there was an increase in respiratory inductance plethysmography values at the end of the incremental phase. Metrics for oxygenation (SpO2, FiO2), proximal pressure amplitude, tidal volume and transcutaneous measured pCO2 (ptcCO2) obtained during the incremental phase were compared between outcome maneuvers labeled positive and negative to calculate sensitivity, specificity, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. Ventilation efficacy was assessed during and after the maneuver by measuring arterial pH and PaCO2. Hemodynamic responses during and after the maneuver were quantified by analyzing heart rate, mean arterial blood pressure and arterial lactate. RESULTS 41/54 patients (75.9%) had a positive maneuver albeit that changes in respiratory inductance plethysmography values were very heterogeneous. During the incremental phase of the maneuver, metrics for oxygenation and tidal volume showed good sensitivity (> 80%) but poor sensitivity. The sensitivity of the SpO2/FiO2 ratio increased to 92.7% one hour after the maneuver. The proximal pressure amplitude showed poor sensitivity during the maneuver, whereas tidal volume showed good sensitivity but poor specificity. PaCO2 decreased and pH increased in patients with a positive and negative maneuver outcome. No new barotrauma or hemodynamic instability (increase in age-adjusted heart rate, decrease in age-adjusted mean arterial blood pressure or lactate > 2.0 mmol/L) occurred as a result of the maneuver. CONCLUSIONS Absence of improvements in oxygenation during a lung volume optimization maneuver did not indicate that there were no increases in lung volume quantified using respiratory inductance plethysmography. Increases in SpO2/FiO2 one hour after the maneuver may suggest ongoing lung volume recruitment. Ventilation was not impaired and there was no new barotrauma or hemodynamic instability. The heterogeneous responses in lung volume changes underscore the need for monitoring tools during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation.
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- Pauline de Jager
- Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatric Intensive Care, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Critical Care Medicine, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Critical Care, Anaesthesiology, Peri-Operative Medicine & Emergency Medicine, The University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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de Jager P, Burgerhof JGM, Koopman AA, Markhorst DG, Kneyber MCJ. Lung Volume Optimization Maneuver Responses in Pediatric High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020; 199:1034-1036. [PMID: 30658042 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201809-1769le] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Pauline de Jager
- 1 University Medical Center Groningen Groningen, the Netherlands
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- 1 University Medical Center Groningen Groningen, the Netherlands
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- 2 Amsterdam University Medical Center Amsterdam, the Netherlands and
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- 1 University Medical Center Groningen Groningen, the Netherlands.,3 University of Groningen Groningen, the Netherlands
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Integrated EIT system for functional lung ventilation imaging. Biomed Eng Online 2019; 18:83. [PMID: 31345220 PMCID: PMC6659234 DOI: 10.1186/s12938-019-0701-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) has been used for functional lung imaging of regional air distributions during mechanical ventilation in intensive care units (ICU). From numerous clinical and animal studies focusing on specific lung functions, a consensus about how to use the EIT technique has been formed lately. We present an integrated EIT system implementing the functions proposed in the consensus. The integrated EIT system could improve the usefulness when monitoring of mechanical ventilation for lung protection so that it could facilitate the clinical acceptance of this new technique. Methods Using a custom-designed 16-channel EIT system with 50 frames/s temporal resolution, the integrated EIT system software was developed to implement five functional images and six EIT measures that can be observed in real-time screen view and analysis screen view mode, respectively. We evaluated the performance of the integrated EIT system with ten mechanically ventilated porcine subjects in normal and disease models. Results Quantitative and simultaneous imaging of tidal volume (TV), end-expiratory lung volume change (\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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Caruana LR, Barnett AG, Tronstad O, Paratz JD, Chang AT, Fraser JF. Global tidal variations, regional distribution of ventilation, and the regional onset of filling determined by electrical impedance tomography: reproducibility. Anaesth Intensive Care 2017; 45:235-243. [PMID: 28267946 DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1704500214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The reproducibility of the regional distribution of ventilation and the timing of onset of regional filling as measured by electrical impedance tomography lacks evidence. This study investigated whether electrical impedance tomography measurements in healthy males were reproducible when electrodes were replaced between measurements. Part 1: Recordings of five volunteers lying supine were made using electrical impedance tomography and a pneumotachometer. Measurements were repeated at least three hours later. Skin marking ensured accurate replacement of electrodes. No stabilisation period was allowed. Part 2: Electrical impedance tomography recordings of ten volunteers; a 15 minute stabilisation period, extra skin markings, and time-averaging were incorporated to improve the reproducibility. Reproducibility was determined using the Bland-Altman method. To judge the transferability of the limits of agreement, a Pearson correlation was used for electrical impedance tomography tidal variation and tidal volume. Tidal variation was judged to be reproducible due to the significant correlation between tidal variation and tidal volume (r2 = 0.93). The ventilation distribution was not reproducible. A stabilisation period, extra skin markings and time-averaging did not improve the outcome. The timing of regional onset of filling was reproducible and could prove clinically valuable. The reproducibility of the tidal variation indicates that non-reproducibility of the ventilation distribution was probably a biological difference and not measurement error. Other causes of variability such as electrode placement variability or lack of stabilisation when accounted for did not improve the reproducibility of the ventilation distribution.
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- Physiotherapist, The Critical Care Research Group, The Prince Charles Hospital, The University of Queensland School of Medicine, Brisbane, Queensland
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- Associate Professor, The Critical Care Research Group, The Prince Charles Hospital, School of Public Health & Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland
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- Clinical Lead Physiotherapist, The Critical Care Research Group, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland
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- Physiotherapist, The Critical Care Research Group, The Prince Charles Hospital, Burns, Trauma and Critical Research Centre, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland
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- Physiotherapist, The Critical Care Research Group, The Prince Charles Hospital, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland
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- Director, The Critical Care Research Group, The Prince Charles Hospital, Professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland
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Caironi P, Carlesso E, Cressoni M, Chiumello D, Moerer O, Chiurazzi C, Brioni M, Bottino N, Lazzerini M, Bugedo G, Quintel M, Ranieri VM, Gattinoni L. Lung recruitability is better estimated according to the Berlin definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome at standard 5 cm H2O rather than higher positive end-expiratory pressure: a retrospective cohort study. Crit Care Med 2015; 43:781-90. [PMID: 25513785 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000000770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The Berlin definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome has introduced three classes of severity according to PaO2/FIO2 thresholds. The level of positive end-expiratory pressure applied may greatly affect PaO2/FIO2, thereby masking acute respiratory distress syndrome severity, which should reflect the underlying lung injury (lung edema and recruitability). We hypothesized that the assessment of acute respiratory distress syndrome severity at standardized low positive end-expiratory pressure may improve the association between the underlying lung injury, as detected by CT, and PaO2/FIO2-derived severity. DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING Four university hospitals (Italy, Germany, and Chile). PATIENTS One hundred forty-eight patients with acute lung injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome according to the American-European Consensus Conference criteria. INTERVENTIONS Patients underwent a three-step ventilator protocol (at clinical, 5 cm H2O, or 15 cm H2O positive end-expiratory pressure). Whole-lung CT scans were obtained at 5 and 45 cm H2O airway pressure. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Nine patients did not fulfill acute respiratory distress syndrome criteria of the novel Berlin definition. Patients were then classified according to PaO2/FIO2 assessed at clinical, 5 cm H2O, or 15 cm H2O positive end-expiratory pressure. At clinical positive end-expiratory pressure (11±3 cm H2O), patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome had a greater lung tissue weight and recruitability than patients with mild or moderate acute respiratory distress syndrome (p<0.001). At 5 cm H2O, 54% of patients with mild acute respiratory distress syndrome at clinical positive end-expiratory pressure were reclassified to either moderate or severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. In these patients, lung recruitability and clinical positive end-expiratory pressure were higher than in patients who remained in the mild subgroup (p<0.05). When patients were classified at 5 cm H2O, but not at clinical or 15 cm H2O, lung recruitability linearly increases with acute respiratory distress syndrome severity (5% [2-12%] vs 12% [7-18%] vs 23% [12-30%], respectively, p<0.001). The potentially recruitable lung was the only CT-derived variable independently associated with ICU mortality (p=0.007). CONCLUSIONS The Berlin definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome assessed at 5 cm H2O allows a better evaluation of lung recruitability and edema than at higher positive end-expiratory pressure clinically set.
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- Pietro Caironi
- 1Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. 2Dipartimento di Anestesia, Rianimazione e Terapia del Dolore, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy. 3Department of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. 4Dipartimento di Radiologia, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy. 5Departmentos de Anestesiologia y Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. 6Dipartimento di Anestesia, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista-Molinette, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy
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Caruana LR, Paratz J, Chang AT, Fraser JF. Electrical impedance tomography in the clinical assessment of lung volumes following recruitment manoeuvres. PHYSICAL THERAPY REVIEWS 2013. [DOI: 10.1179/1743288x10y.0000000021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Indicators of Optimal Lung Volume During High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in Infants*. Crit Care Med 2013; 41:237-44. [DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e31826a427a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Visual anatomical lung CT scan assessment of lung recruitability. Intensive Care Med 2012; 39:66-73. [PMID: 22990871 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-012-2707-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2012] [Accepted: 08/30/2012] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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PURPOSE The computation of lung recruitability in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is advocated to set positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) for preventing lung collapse. The quantitative lung CT scan, obtained by manual image processing, is the reference method but it is time consuming. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of a visual anatomical analysis compared with a quantitative lung CT scan analysis in assessing lung recruitability. METHODS Fifty sets of two complete lung CT scans of ALI/ARDS patients computing lung recruitment were analyzed. Lung recruitability computed at an airway pressure of 5 and 45 cm H(2)O was defined as the percentage decrease in the collapsed/consolidated lung parenchyma assessed by two expert radiologists using a visual anatomical analysis and as the decrease in not aerated lung regions using a quantitative analysis computed by dedicated software. RESULTS Lung recruitability was 11.3 % (interquartile range 7.39-16.41) and 15.5 % (interquartile range 8.18-21.43) with the visual anatomical and quantitative analysis, respectively. In the Bland-Altman analysis, the bias and agreement bands between the visual anatomical and quantitative analysis were -2.9 % (-11.8 to +5.9 %). The ROC curve showed that the optimal cutoff values for the visual anatomical analysis in predicting high versus low lung recruitability was 8.9 % (area under the ROC curve 0.9248, 95 % CI 0.8550-0.9946). Considering this cutoff, the sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy were 0.96, 0.76, and 0.86, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Visual anatomical analysis can classify patients into those with high and low lung recruitability allowing more intensivists to get access to lung recruitability assessment.
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Hartmann EK, Boehme S, Bentley A, Duenges B, Klein KU, Elsaesser A, Baumgardner JE, David M, Markstaller K. Influence of respiratory rate and end-expiratory pressure variation on cyclic alveolar recruitment in an experimental lung injury model. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2012; 16:R8. [PMID: 22248044 PMCID: PMC3396238 DOI: 10.1186/cc11147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2011] [Revised: 12/04/2011] [Accepted: 01/16/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Introduction Cyclic alveolar recruitment/derecruitment (R/D) is an important mechanism of ventilator-associated lung injury. In experimental models this process can be measured with high temporal resolution by detection of respiratory-dependent oscillations of the paO2 (ΔpaO2). A previous study showed that end-expiratory collapse can be prevented by an increased respiratory rate in saline-lavaged rabbits. The current study compares the effects of increased positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) versus an individually titrated respiratory rate (RRind) on intra-tidal amplitude of Δ paO2 and on average paO2 in saline-lavaged pigs. Methods Acute lung injury was induced by bronchoalveolar lavage in 16 anaesthetized pigs. R/D was induced and measured by a fast-responding intra-aortic probe measuring paO2. Ventilatory interventions (RRind (n = 8) versus extrinsic PEEP (n = 8)) were applied for 30 minutes to reduce Δ paO2. Haemodynamics, spirometry and Δ paO2 were monitored and the Ventilation/Perfusion distributions were assessed by multiple inert gas elimination. The main endpoints average and Δ paO2 following the interventions were analysed by Mann-Whitney-U-Test and Bonferroni's correction. The secondary parameters were tested in an explorative manner. Results Both interventions reduced Δ paO2. In the RRind group, ΔpaO2 was significantly smaller (P < 0.001). The average paO2 continuously decreased following RRind and was significantly higher in the PEEP group (P < 0.001). A sustained difference of the ventilation/perfusion distribution and shunt fractions confirms these findings. The RRind application required less vasopressor administration. Conclusions Different recruitment kinetics were found compared to previous small animal models and these differences were primarily determined by kinetics of end-expiratory collapse. In this porcine model, respiratory rate and increased PEEP were both effective in reducing the amplitude of paO2 oscillations. In contrast to a recent study in a small animal model, however, increased respiratory rate did not maintain end-expiratory recruitment and ultimately resulted in reduced average paO2 and increased shunt fraction.
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- Erik K Hartmann
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz 55131, Germany.
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Spieth PM, Güldner A, Carvalho AR, Kasper M, Pelosi P, Uhlig S, Koch T, Gama de Abreu M. Open lung approach vs acute respiratory distress syndrome network ventilation in experimental acute lung injury. Br J Anaesth 2011; 107:388-97. [PMID: 21652617 PMCID: PMC9174723 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background Setting and strategies of mechanical ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in acute lung injury (ALI) remains controversial. This study compares the effects between lung-protective mechanical ventilation according to the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network recommendations (ARDSnet) and the open lung approach (OLA) on pulmonary function and inflammatory response. Methods Eighteen juvenile pigs were anaesthetized, mechanically ventilated, and instrumented. ALI was induced by surfactant washout. Animals were randomly assigned to mechanical ventilation according to the ARDSnet protocol or the OLA (n=9 per group). Gas exchange, haemodynamics, pulmonary blood flow (PBF) distribution, and respiratory mechanics were measured at intervals and the lungs were removed after 6 h of mechanical ventilation for further analysis. Results PEEP and mean airway pressure were higher in the OLA than in the ARDSnet group [15 cmH2O, range 14–18 cmH2O, compared with 12 cmH2O; 20.5 (sd 2.3) compared with 18 (1.4) cmH2O by the end of the experiment, respectively], and OLA was associated with improved oxygenation compared with the ARDSnet group after 6 h. OLA showed more alveolar overdistension, especially in gravitationally non-dependent regions, while the ARDSnet group was associated with more intra-alveolar haemorrhage. Inflammatory mediators and markers of lung parenchymal stress did not differ significantly between groups. The PBF shifted from ventral to dorsal during OLA compared with ARDSnet protocol [−0.02 (−0.09 to −0.01) compared with −0.08 (−0.12 to −0.06), dorsal–ventral gradients after 6 h, respectively]. Conclusions According to the OLA, mechanical ventilation improved oxygenation and redistributed pulmonary perfusion when compared with the ARDSnet protocol, without differences in lung inflammatory response.
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- P M Spieth
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Therapy, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
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Lung imaging during acute respiratory distress syndrome: CT- and PET-scanning. TRENDS IN ANAESTHESIA AND CRITICAL CARE 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tacc.2011.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Rocco PRM, Pelosi P, de Abreu MG. Pros and cons of recruitment maneuvers in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Expert Rev Respir Med 2010; 4:479-89. [PMID: 20658909 DOI: 10.1586/ers.10.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome, a protective mechanical ventilation strategy characterized by low tidal volumes has been associated with reduced mortality. However, such a strategy may result in alveolar collapse, leading to cyclic opening and closing of atelectatic alveoli and distal airways. Thus, recruitment maneuvers (RMs) have been used to open up collapsed lungs, while adequate positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) levels may counteract alveolar derecruitment during low tidal volume ventilation, improving respiratory function and minimizing ventilator-associated lung injury. Nevertheless, considerable uncertainty remains regarding the appropriateness of RMs. The most commonly used RM is conventional sustained inflation, associated with respiratory and cardiovascular side effects, which may be minimized by newly proposed strategies: prolonged or incremental PEEP elevation; pressure-controlled ventilation with fixed PEEP and increased driving pressure; pressure-controlled ventilation applied with escalating PEEP and constant driving pressure; and long and slow increase in pressure. The efficiency of RMs may be affected by different factors, including the nature and extent of lung injury, capability of increasing inspiratory transpulmonary pressures, patient positioning and cardiac preload. Current evidence suggests that RMs can be used before setting PEEP, after ventilator circuit disconnection or as a rescue maneuver to overcome severe hypoxemia; however, their routine use does not seem to be justified at present. The development of new lung recruitment strategies that have fewer hemodynamic and biological effects on the lungs, as well as randomized clinical trials analyzing the impact of RMs on morbidity and mortality of acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome patients, are warranted.
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- Patricia R M Rocco
- Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics Institute of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Bloco G-014, Ilha do Fundão-21941-902, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Regional tidal ventilation and compliance during a stepwise vital capacity manoeuvre. Intensive Care Med 2010; 36:1953-61. [DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-1995-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2009] [Accepted: 06/06/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sartori S, Tombesi P. Emerging roles for transthoracic ultrasonography in pulmonary diseases. World J Radiol 2010; 2:203-14. [PMID: 21160632 PMCID: PMC2999323 DOI: 10.4329/wjr.v2.i6.203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2010] [Revised: 05/21/2010] [Accepted: 05/28/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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As a result of many advantages such as the absence of radiation exposure, non-invasiveness, low cost, safety, and ready availability, transthoracic ultrasonography (TUS) represents an emerging and useful technique in the management of pleural and pulmonary diseases. In this second part of a comprehensive review that deals with the role of TUS in pleuropulmonary pathology, the normal findings, sonographic artifacts and morphology of the most important and frequent pulmonary diseases are described. In particular, the usefulness of TUS in diagnosing or raising suspicion of pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, atelectasis, diffuse parenchymal diseases, adult and newborn respiratory distress syndrome, lung cancer and lung metastases are discussed, as well as its role in guidance for diagnostic and therapeutic interventional procedures. Moreover, the preliminary data about the role of contrast enhanced ultrasonography in the study of pulmonary pleural-based lesions are also reported. Finally, the limits of TUS when compared with chest computed tomography are described, highlighting the inability of TUS to depict lesions that are not in contact with the pleura or are located under bony structures, poor visualization of the mediastinum, and the need for very experienced examiners to obtain reliable results.
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Role of absolute lung volume to assess alveolar recruitment in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients. Crit Care Med 2010; 38:1300-7. [DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181d8cb51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Heinze H, Eichler W. Measurements of functional residual capacity during intensive care treatment: the technical aspects and its possible clinical applications. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2009; 53:1121-30. [PMID: 19681779 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02076.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Direct measurement of lung volume, i.e. functional residual capacity (FRC) has been recommended for monitoring during mechanical ventilation. Mostly due to technical reasons, FRC measurements have not become a routine monitoring tool, but promising techniques have been presented. We performed a literature search of studies with the key words 'functional residual capacity' or 'end expiratory lung volume' and summarize the physiology and patho-physiology of FRC measurements in ventilated patients, describe the existing techniques for bedside measurement, and provide an overview of the clinical questions that can be addressed using an FRC assessment. The wash-in or wash-out of a tracer gas in a multiple breath maneuver seems to be best applicable at bedside, and promising techniques for nitrogen or oxygen wash-in/wash-out with reasonable accuracy and repeatability have been presented. Studies in ventilated patients demonstrate that FRC can easily be measured at bedside during various clinical settings, including positive end-expiratory pressure optimization, endotracheal suctioning, prone position, and the weaning from mechanical ventilation. Alveolar derecruitment can easily be monitored and improvements of FRC without changes of the ventilatory setting could indicate alveolar recruitment. FRC seems to be insensitive to over-inflation of already inflated alveoli. Growing evidence suggests that FRC measurements, in combination with other parameters such as arterial oxygenation and respiratory compliance, could provide important information on the pulmonary situation in critically ill patients. Further studies are needed to define the exact role of FRC in monitoring and perhaps guiding mechanical ventilation.
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- H Heinze
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
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Using sonography to assess lung recruitment in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Emerg Radiol 2008; 16:219-21. [DOI: 10.1007/s10140-008-0734-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2008] [Accepted: 04/17/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Caironi P, Langer T, Gattinoni L. Acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome pathophysiology: what we have learned from computed tomography scanning. Curr Opin Crit Care 2008; 14:64-9. [DOI: 10.1097/mcc.0b013e3282f42d8c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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