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Arriagada R, Bachmann MC, San Martin C, Rauseo M, Battaglini D. Electrical impedance tomography: Usefulness for respiratory physiotherapy in critical illnesses. Med Intensiva 2024; 48:403-410. [PMID: 38538496 DOI: 10.1016/j.medine.2024.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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Respiratory physiotherapy, including the management of invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) and noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV), is a key supportive intervention for critically ill patients. MV has potential for inducing ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) as well as long-term complications related to prolonged bed rest, such as post-intensive care syndrome and intensive care unit acquired weakness. Physical and respiratory therapy, developed by the critical care team, in a timely manner, has been shown to prevent these complications. In this pathway, real-time bedside monitoring of changes in pulmonary aeration and alveolar gas distribution associated with postural positioning, respiratory physiotherapy techniques and changes in MV strategies can be crucial in guiding these procedures, providing safe therapy and prevention of potential harm to the patient. Along this path, electrical impedance tomography (EIT) has emerged as a new key non-invasive bedside strategy free of radiation, to allow visualization of lung recruitment. This review article presents the main and potential applications of EIT in relation to physiotherapy techniques in the ICU setting.
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- Ricardo Arriagada
- Unidad de Paciente Crítico Adulto, Hospital Las Higueras de Talcahuano, Chile; Escuela de Kinesiología Universidad San Sebastián, Sede Tres Pascualas, Concepción, Chile; Unidad de Paciente Crìtico, Clìnica Biobìo, Hualpén, Chile
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- Unidad de Paciente Crítico Adulto, Hospital Clínico Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Escuela de Kinesiología, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile
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- Unidad de Paciente Crítico Adulto, Hospital Las Higueras de Talcahuano, Chile; Escuela de Kinesiología Universidad San Sebastián, Sede Tres Pascualas, Concepción, Chile
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Foggia, Policlinico Riuniti di Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
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Wang YJ, Tsai YM, Kuo YS, Lin KH, Wu TH, Huang HK, Lee SC, Huang TW, Chang H, Chen YY. The application of electrical impedance tomography and surgical outcomes of thoracoscope-assisted surgical stabilization of rib fractures in severe chest trauma. Sci Rep 2024; 14:9669. [PMID: 38671072 PMCID: PMC11053027 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60392-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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Serious blunt chest trauma usually induces hemothorax, pneumothorax, and rib fractures. More studies have claimed that early video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) results in a good prognosis in patients with major trauma. This study aimed to verify the outcomes in patients with chest trauma whether SSRF was performed. Consecutive patients who were treated in a medical center in Taiwan, for traumatic events between January 2015 and June 2020, were retrospectively reviewed. This study focused on patients with major trauma and thoracic injuries, and they were divided into groups based on whether they received SSRF. We used electrical impedance tomography (EIT) to evaluate the change of ventilation conditions. Different scores used for the evaluation of trauma severity were also compared in this study. Among the 8396 patients who were included, 1529 (18.21%) had major trauma with injury severity score > 16 and were admitted to the intensive care unit initially. A total of 596 patients with chest trauma were admitted, of whom 519 (87%) survived. Younger age and a lower trauma score (including injury severity scale, new injury severity score, trauma and injury severity score, and revised trauma score) account for better survival rates. Moreover, 74 patients received SSRF. They had a shorter intensive care unit (ICU) stay (5.24, p = 0.045) and better performance in electrical impedance tomography (23.46, p < 0.001). In patients with major thoracic injury, older age and higher injury survival scale account for higher mortality rate. Effective surgical stabilization of rib fractures shortened the ICU stay and helped achieve better performance in EIT. Thoracoscope-assisted rib fixation is suggested in severe trauma cases.
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- Yi-Jie Wang
- Department of Surgery, Tri Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Taipei, 114, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Taipei, 114, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Taipei, 114, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Taipei, 114, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Taipei, 114, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Taipei, 114, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Taipei, 114, Taiwan, R.O.C
- Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Taipei, 114, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Taipei, 114, Taiwan, R.O.C..
- Graduate Institute of Medical Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C..
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Yang L, Gao Z, Cao X, Sun S, Wang C, Wang H, Dai J, Liu Y, Qin Y, Dai M, Guo W, Zhang B, Zhao K, Zhao Z. Electrical impedance tomography as a bedside assessment tool for COPD treatment during hospitalization. Front Physiol 2024; 15:1352391. [PMID: 38562620 PMCID: PMC10982416 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1352391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the assessment of the treatment efficacy during hospitalization is of importance to the optimization of clinical treatments. Conventional spirometry might not be sensitive enough to capture the regional lung function development. The study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of using electrical impedance tomography (EIT) as an objective bedside evaluation tool for the treatment of acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD). Consecutive patients who required hospitalization due to AECOPD were included prospectively. EIT measurements were conducted at the time of admission and before the discharge simultaneously when a forced vital capacity maneuver was conducted. EIT-based heterogeneity measures of regional lung function were calculated based on the impedance changes over time. Surveys for attending doctors and patients were designed to evaluate the ease of use, feasibility, and overall satisfaction level to understand the acceptability of EIT measurements. Patient-reported outcome assessments were conducted. User's acceptance of EIT technology was investigated with a five-dimension survey. A total of 32 patients were included, and 8 patients were excluded due to the FVC maneuver not meeting the ATS criteria. Spirometry-based lung function was improved during hospitalization but not significantly different (FEV1 %pred.: 35.8% ± 6.7% vs. 45.3% ± 8.8% at admission vs. discharge; p = 0.11. FVC %pred.: 67.8% ± 0.4% vs. 82.6% ± 5.0%; p = 0.15. FEV1/FVC: 0.41 ± 0.09 vs. 0.42 ± 0.07, p = 0.71). The symptoms of COPD were significantly improved, but the correlations between the improvement of symptoms and spirometry FEV1 and FEV1/FVC were low (R = 0.1 and -0.01, respectively). The differences in blood gasses and blood tests were insignificant. All but one EIT-based regional lung function parameter were significantly improved after hospitalization. The results highly correlated with the patient-reported outcome assessment (R > 0.6, p < 0.001). The overall acceptability score of EIT measurement for both attending physicians and patients was high (4.1 ± 0.8 for physicians, 4.5 ± 0.5 for patients out of 5). These results demonstrated that it was feasible and acceptable to use EIT as an objective bedside evaluation tool for COPD treatment efficacy.
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- Lin Yang
- Department of Aerospace Medicine, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Aerospace Medicine, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Aerospace Medicine, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 986th Hospital of Air Force, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Aerospace Medicine, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Aerospace Medicine, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Aerospace Medicine, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Aerospace Medicine, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Aerospace Medicine, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 986th Hospital of Air Force, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 986th Hospital of Air Force, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 986th Hospital of Air Force, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Duhem H, Terzi N, Segond N, Bellier A, Sanchez C, Louis B, Debaty G, Guérin C. Effect of automated head-thorax elevation during chest compressions on lung ventilation: a model study. Sci Rep 2023; 13:20393. [PMID: 37989865 PMCID: PMC10663599 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-47727-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023] Open
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Our goal was to investigate the effects of head-thorax elevation (HUP) during chest compressions (CC) on lung ventilation. A prospective study was performed on seven human cadavers. Chest was automatically compressed-decompressed in flat position and during progressive HUP from 18 to 35°. Lung ventilation was measured with electrical impedance tomography. In each cadaver, 5 sequences were randomly performed: one without CC at positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) 0cmH2O, 3 s with CC at PEEP0, 5 or 10cmH2O and 1 with CC and an impedance threshold device at PEEP0cmH2O. The minimal-to-maximal change in impedance (VTEIT in arbitrary unit a.u.) and the minimal impedance in every breathing cycle (EELI) the) were compared between flat, 18°, and 35° in each sequence by a mixed-effects model. Values are expressed as median (1st-3rd quartiles). With CC, between flat, 18° and 35° VTEIT decreased at each level of PEEP. It was 12416a.u. (10,689; 14,442), 11,239 (7667; 13,292), and 6457 (4631; 9516), respectively, at PEEP0. The same was true with the impedance threshold device. EELI/VTEIT significantly decreased from - 0.30 (- 0.40; - 0.15) before to - 1.13 (- 1.70; - 0.61) after the CC (P = 0.009). With HUP lung ventilation decreased with CC as compared to flat position. CC are associated with decreased in EELI.
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- Hélène Duhem
- SAMU 38, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes, 38043, Grenoble, France
- Université de Grenoble-Alpes/CNRS, UMR 5525Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, TIMC, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes, 38043, Grenoble, France
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- SAMU 38, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes, 38043, Grenoble, France
- Université de Grenoble-Alpes/CNRS, UMR 5525Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, TIMC, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Université de Grenoble-Alpes/CNRS, UMR 5525Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, TIMC, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Université de Grenoble-Alpes/CNRS, UMR 5525Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, TIMC, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Institut Mondor de Recherches Biomédicales INSERM-UPEC UMR 955 Eq13 - CNRS EMR 7000, 8 rue du Général Sarrail, 94010, Créteil, France
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- SAMU 38, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes, 38043, Grenoble, France.
- Université de Grenoble-Alpes/CNRS, UMR 5525Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, UMR 5525, VetAgro Sup, Grenoble INP, TIMC, 38000, Grenoble, France.
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- Institut Mondor de Recherches Biomédicales INSERM-UPEC UMR 955 Eq13 - CNRS EMR 7000, 8 rue du Général Sarrail, 94010, Créteil, France
- Faculté de médecine Lyon Est, Université de Lyon, 8 avenue Rockefeller, 69373, Lyon cedex 08, France
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Heines SJH, Becher TH, van der Horst ICC, Bergmans DCJJ. Clinical Applicability of Electrical Impedance Tomography in Patient-Tailored Ventilation: A Narrative Review. Tomography 2023; 9:1903-1932. [PMID: 37888742 PMCID: PMC10611090 DOI: 10.3390/tomography9050150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive bedside imaging technique that provides real-time lung ventilation information on critically ill patients. EIT can potentially become a valuable tool for optimising mechanical ventilation, especially in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In addition, EIT has been shown to improve the understanding of ventilation distribution and lung aeration, which can help tailor ventilatory strategies according to patient needs. Evidence from critically ill patients shows that EIT can reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation and prevent lung injury due to overdistension or collapse. EIT can also identify the presence of lung collapse or recruitment during a recruitment manoeuvre, which may guide further therapy. Despite its potential benefits, EIT has not yet been widely used in clinical practice. This may, in part, be due to the challenges associated with its implementation, including the need for specialised equipment and trained personnel and further validation of its usefulness in clinical settings. Nevertheless, ongoing research focuses on improving mechanical ventilation and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients.
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- Serge J. H. Heines
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands; (I.C.C.v.d.H.); (D.C.J.J.B.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Kiel, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, 24118 Kiel, Germany;
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands; (I.C.C.v.d.H.); (D.C.J.J.B.)
- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands; (I.C.C.v.d.H.); (D.C.J.J.B.)
- School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Benites MH, Torres D, Poblete F, Labbe F, Bachmann MC, Regueira TE, Soto L, Ferre A, Dreyse J, Retamal J. Effects of changes in trunk inclination on ventilatory efficiency in ARDS patients: quasi-experimental study. Intensive Care Med Exp 2023; 11:65. [PMID: 37755538 PMCID: PMC10533449 DOI: 10.1186/s40635-023-00550-2] [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: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Trunk inclination from semirecumbent head-upright to supine-flat positioning reduces driving pressure and increases respiratory system compliance in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). These effects are associated with an improved ventilatory ratio and reduction in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2). However, these physiological effects have not been completely studied, and their mechanisms have not yet been elucidated. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of a change in trunk inclination from semirecumbent (45°) to supine-flat (10°) on physiological dead space and ventilation distribution in different lung regions. RESULTS Twenty-two ARDS patients on pressure-controlled ventilation underwent three 60-min steps in which trunk inclination was changed from 45° (baseline) to 10° (intervention) and back to 45° (control) in the last step. Tunk inclination from a semirecumbent (45°) to a supine-flat (10°) position resulted in a higher tidal volume [371 (± 76) vs. 433 (± 84) mL (P < 0.001)] and respiratory system compliance [34 (± 10) to 41 (± 12) mL/cmH2O (P < 0.001)]. The CO2 exhaled per minute improved from 191 mL/min (± 34) to 227 mL/min (± 38) (P < 0.001). Accordingly, Bohr's dead space ratio decreased from 0.49 (± 0.07) to 0.41 (± 0.06) (p < 0.001), and PaCO2 decreased from 43 (± 5) to 36 (± 4) mmHg (p < 0.001). In addition, the impedance ratio, which divides the ventilation activity of the ventral region by the dorsal region ventilation activity in tidal images, dropped from 1.27 (0.83-1.78) to 0.86 (0.51-1.33) (p < 0.001). These results, calculated from functional EIT images, indicated further ventilation activity in the dorsal lung regions. These effects rapidly reversed once the patient was repositioned at 45°. CONCLUSIONS A change in trunk inclination from a semirecumbent (45 degrees) to a supine-flat position (10 degrees) improved Bohr's dead space ratio and reduced PaCO2 in patients with ARDS. This effect is associated with an increase in tidal volume and respiratory system compliance, along with further favourable impedance ventilation distribution toward the dorsal lung regions. This study highlights the importance of considering trunk inclination as a modifiable determinant of physiological parameters. The angle of trunk inclination is essential information that must be reported in ARDS patients.
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- Martín H Benites
- Unidad de Pacientes Críticos, Clínica Las Condes, Estoril 450, Santiago, Chile
- Departamento de Epidemiología y Estudios en Salud, Magíster en Epidemiología, Universidad de los Andes, Monseñor Álvaro del Portillo 12455, Santiago, Chile
- Estudiante del Programa Doctorado en Ciencias Médicas, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile
- Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Finis Terrae, Av. Pedro de Valdivia 1509, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Epidemiología y Estudios en Salud, Magíster en Epidemiología, Universidad de los Andes, Monseñor Álvaro del Portillo 12455, Santiago, Chile
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- Unidad de Pacientes Críticos, Clínica Las Condes, Estoril 450, Santiago, Chile
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- Unidad de Pacientes Críticos, Clínica Las Condes, Estoril 450, Santiago, Chile
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- Estudiante del Programa Doctorado en Ciencias Médicas, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 340, Santiago, Chile
- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Clínico Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 367, Santiago, Chile
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- Unidad de Pacientes Críticos, Clínica Santa María, Bellavista 415, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Finis Terrae, Av. Pedro de Valdivia 1509, Santiago, Chile
- Unidad de Pacientes Críticos, Clínica Santa María, Bellavista 415, Santiago, Chile
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- Unidad de Pacientes Críticos, Clínica Las Condes, Estoril 450, Santiago, Chile
- Facultad de Medicina, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Finis Terrae, Av. Pedro de Valdivia 1509, Santiago, Chile
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- Unidad de Pacientes Críticos, Clínica Las Condes, Estoril 450, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Clínico Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 367, Santiago, Chile.
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Xiao L, Yu K, Yang JJ, Liu WT, Liu L, Miao HH, Li TZ. Effect of individualized positive end-expiratory pressure based on electrical impedance tomography guidance on pulmonary ventilation distribution in patients who receive abdominal thermal perfusion chemotherapy. Front Med (Lausanne) 2023; 10:1198720. [PMID: 37731718 PMCID: PMC10507689 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1198720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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Background Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) has been shown to be useful in guiding individual positive end-expiratory pressure titration for patients with mechanical ventilation. However, the appropriate positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) level and whether the individualized PEEP needs to be adjusted during long-term surgery (>6 h) were unknown. Meanwhile, the effect of individualized PEEP on the distribution of pulmonary ventilation in patients who receive abdominal thermoperfusion chemotherapy is unknown. The primary aim of this study was to observe the effect of EIT-guided PEEP on the distribution of pulmonary ventilation in patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery (CRS) combined with hot intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). The secondary aim was to analyze their effect on postoperative pulmonary complications. Methods A total of 48 patients were recruited and randomly divided into two groups, with 24 patients in each group. For the control group (group A), PEEP was set at 5 cm H2O, while in the EIT group (group B), individual PEEP was titrated and adjusted every 2 h with EIT guidance. Ventilation distribution, respiratory/circulation parameters, and PPC incidence were compared between the two groups. Results The average individualized PEEP was 10.3 ± 1.5 cm H2O, 10.2 ± 1.6 cm H2O, 10.1 ± 1.8 cm H2O, and 9.7 ± 2.1 cm H2O at 5 min, 2 h, 4 h, and 6 h after tracheal intubation during CRS + HIPEC. Individualized PEEP was correlated with ventilation distribution in the regions of interest (ROI) 1 and ROI 3 at 4 h mechanical ventilation and ROI 1 at 6 h mechanical ventilation. The ventilation distribution under individualized PEEP was back-shifted for 6 h but moved to the control group's ventral side under PEEP 5 cm H2O. The respiratory and circulatory function indicators were both acceptable either under individualized PEEP or PEEP 5 cm H2O. The incidence of total PPCs was significantly lower under individualized PEEP (66.7%) than PEEP 5 cm H2O (37.5%) for patients with CRS + HIPEC. Conclusion The appropriate individualized PEEP was stable at approximately 10 cm H2O during 6 h for patients with CRS + HIPEC, along with better ventilation distribution and a lower total PPC incidence than the fixed PEEP of 5 cm H2O.Clinical trial registration: identifier ChiCTR1900023897.
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- Li Xiao
- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Science and Technology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Yang L, Gao Z, Cao X, Fu F, Möller K, Frerichs I, Dai M, Zhao Z. The influence of gravity on electrical impedance tomography measurements during upper body position change. Heliyon 2023; 9:e15910. [PMID: 37215814 PMCID: PMC10192413 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Objective The aim of the study was to examine the influence of gravity on regional ventilation measured by electrical impedance tomography (EIT) with the standard electrode belt position at the 5th intercostal space during tilting from supine to sitting positions. Methods A total of 30 healthy volunteers were examined prospectively in supine position during quiet tidal breathing. Subsequently, the bed was tilted so that the upper body of the subjects achieved 30, 60 and 90° every 3 min. Regional ventilation distribution and end-expiratory lung impedance (EELI) were monitored with EIT throughout the whole experiment. Absolute tidal volumes were measured with spirometry and the volume-impedance ratio was calculated for each position. Results The volume-impedance ratio did not differ statistically between the studied body positions but 11 subjects exhibited a large change in ratio at one of the positions (outside 99.3% coverage). In general, ventilation distribution became more heterogeneous and moved towards dorsal regions as the upper body was tilted to 90-degree position. EELI increased and tidal volume decreased. The lung regions identified at various positions differed significantly. Conclusion Gravity has non-negligible influence on EIT data, as the upper body tilted from supine to sitting positions. The standard electrode belt position might be reconsidered if ventilation distribution is to be compared between supine and sitting positions.
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- Lin Yang
- Department of Aerospace Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Aerospace Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Aerospace Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Institute of Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Centre of Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Institute of Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
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Clasen D, Winter I, Rietzler S, Wolf GK. Changes in ventilation distribution during general anesthesia measured with EIT in mechanically ventilated small children. BMC Anesthesiol 2023; 23:118. [PMID: 37046213 PMCID: PMC10091533 DOI: 10.1186/s12871-023-02079-z] [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: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Atelectasis during general anesthesia is a risk for perioperative complications. EIT measurements were performed in mechanically ventilated healthy children during elective surgery to demonstrate the changes in ventilation distribution during general anesthesia. The ventilation distribution was quantified by calculating the Global Inhomogeneity index (GI). METHODS EIT measurements were performed in 23 children (9 weeks-10 years) without lung disease to detect changes in regional ventilation during elective surgery. Three previously defined time points were marked during the measurement: after intubation and start of pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV), change to pressure support ventilation (PSV), and after extubation (spontaneous breathing-SB). Ventilation distribution based on regions of interest (ROI) and changes in end-expiratory volume (∆EELV) were collected at these time points and compared. The Global Inhomogeneity index was calculated at the beginning of pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV). RESULTS With increasing spontaneous breathing, dorsal recruitment of atelectasis occurred. The dorsal ventilation fraction increased over the time of general anesthesia with increasing spontaneous breathing, whereas the ventral fraction decreased relatively (Difference ± 5.5 percentage points respectively; 95% CI; 3.5-7.4; p < 0.001). With the onset of spontaneous breathing, there was a significant reduction in end-expiratory volume (Difference: 105 ml; 95% CI, 75-135; p < 0.001). The GI of the lung-healthy ventilated children is 47% (SD ± 4%). CONCLUSION Controlled ventilation of healthy children resulted in increased ventilation of the ventral and collapse of the dorsal lung areas. Restart of spontaneous breathing after cessation of surgery resulted in an increase in ventilation in the dorsal with decrease in the ventral lung areas. By calculating the GI, representing the ratio of more to less ventilated lung areas, revealed the presumed homogeneous distribution of ventilation. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Registration ID: NCT04873999. First registration: 05/05/2021.
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- Dorothea Clasen
- Children's Hospital Traunstein, Academic Teaching Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Cuno-Niggl-Straße 3, 83278, Traunstein, Germany
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- Children's Hospital Traunstein, Academic Teaching Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Cuno-Niggl-Straße 3, 83278, Traunstein, Germany
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- Dipl. Physicist Stephan Rietzler, Alpenstraße 17, 87734, Benningen, Germany
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- Children's Hospital Traunstein, Academic Teaching Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Cuno-Niggl-Straße 3, 83278, Traunstein, Germany.
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Pensabene M, Gambazza S, Carta F, Rocchi A, Lelii M, Madini B, Hassan V, Piotto M, Patria MF. Using electrical impedance tomography to characterize lung impairment of children with primary ciliary dyskinesia: A pilot cross-sectional study. Pediatr Pulmonol 2023; 58:1051-1058. [PMID: 36571235 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26293] [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] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND In children with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), measures more sensitive than spirometry are needed to characterize underlying pulmonary impairment. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a promising noninvasive method for monitoring the distribution of lung ventilation, and it does not require patient collaboration. We aimed to provide an assessment of the feasibility and clinical usefulness of EIT in characterizing lung impairment in children with PCD, compared to spirometry and multiple breath nitrogen washout (MBWN2 ) test. METHODS Children and adolescents with PCD underwent MBWN2 test as first respiratory assessment, followed by EIT monitoring and spirometry during outpatient follow-up. RESULTS We included 12 out of 16 individuals regularly followed at our clinic. A total of 41.7% (5/12) showed abnormal forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1 ), whereas 11/12 (91.7%) had abnormal ventilation inhomogeneity measured with MBWN2 test. Using EIT, the global inhomogeneity (GITOT ) index showed moderate to strong correlation with FEV1 (ρ = -0.55, 95% confidence interval [CI]: -0.87 to 0.02) and ranged from 37 to 44, with the highest inhomogeneity detected in the dorsal right quadrant. GITOT was moderately correlated with RV/TLC %predicted (ρ = 0.38, 95% CI: -0.17 to 0.74), while we detected a weak correlation between GITOT and lung clearance index (ρ = 0.29, 95% CI: -0.45 to 0.82). CONCLUSION EIT appears promising as a noninvasive technique to characterize ventilation distribution in children with PCD, thus providing a complementary assessment to static and dynamic lung function measures of PCD disease.
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- Mariacarola Pensabene
- Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Healthcare Professions Department, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Healthcare Professions Department, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Emergency Department, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Emergency Department, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Emergency Department, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Highly Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Pennati F, Angelucci A, Morelli L, Bardini S, Barzanti E, Cavallini F, Conelli A, Di Federico G, Paganelli C, Aliverti A. Electrical Impedance Tomography: From the Traditional Design to the Novel Frontier of Wearables. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:1182. [PMID: 36772222 PMCID: PMC9921522 DOI: 10.3390/s23031182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a medical imaging technique based on the injection of a current or voltage pattern through electrodes on the skin of the patient, and on the reconstruction of the internal conductivity distribution from the voltages collected by the electrodes. Compared to other imaging techniques, EIT shows significant advantages: it does not use ionizing radiation, is non-invasive and is characterized by high temporal resolution. Moreover, its low cost and high portability make it suitable for real-time, bedside monitoring. However, EIT is also characterized by some technical limitations that cause poor spatial resolution. The possibility to design wearable devices based on EIT has recently given a boost to this technology. In this paper we reviewed EIT physical principles, hardware design and major clinical applications, from the classical to a wearable setup. A wireless and wearable EIT system seems a promising frontier of this technology, as it can both facilitate making clinical measurements and open novel scenarios to EIT systems, such as home monitoring.
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Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) in a Patient Suffering from Post-COVID Syndrome with Dyspnea: A Case Report. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:diagnostics12102284. [DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12102284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background: Long-term health consequences following COVID-19 disease constitute an increasing problem worldwide. A considerable number of patients still suffer from various symptoms, most commonly dyspnea, months or even years after the acute infection. In these patients, a classical pulmonary function test often yields no significant findings. Subsequently, treating those patients is a challenge for any physician as there are currently no evidence-based treatment plans. Case and methods: We reported the case of a 58-year-old patient who was still suffering from resting dyspnea six months after severe COVID-19 pneumonia. The dyspnea was so pronounced that the patient was supplied with home oxygen, which they used as needed. The regional distribution of ventilation in the lungs was studied twice utilizing noninvasive electrical impedance tomography (EIT). The first examination showed distinct inhomogeneities of regional ventilation, a regional ventilation delay (RVD) of 15%, and pronounced pendelluft phenomena. Seven weeks after treatment with budesonide and physical therapy, the patient reported a clear subjective improvement in complaints. Accordingly, the regional distribution of ventilation also improved. Conclusion: Electrical impedance tomography might be a promising method to assess lung function in post-COVID patients; however, controlled and larger studies are necessary.
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Bachmann MC, Cruces P, Díaz F, Oviedo V, Goich M, Fuenzalida J, Damiani LF, Basoalto R, Jalil Y, Carpio D, Hamidi Vadeghani N, Cornejo R, Rovegno M, Bugedo G, Bruhn A, Retamal J. Spontaneous breathing promotes lung injury in an experimental model of alveolar collapse. Sci Rep 2022; 12:12648. [PMID: 35879511 PMCID: PMC9310356 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16446-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Vigorous spontaneous breathing has emerged as a promotor of lung damage in acute lung injury, an entity known as “patient self-inflicted lung injury”. Mechanical ventilation may prevent this second injury by decreasing intrathoracic pressure swings and improving regional air distribution. Therefore, we aimed to determine the effects of spontaneous breathing during the early stage of acute respiratory failure on lung injury and determine whether early and late controlled mechanical ventilation may avoid or revert these harmful effects. A model of partial surfactant depletion and lung collapse was induced in eighteen intubated pigs of 32 ±4 kg. Then, animals were randomized to (1) SB‐group: spontaneous breathing with very low levels of pressure support for the whole experiment (eight hours), (2) Early MV-group: controlled mechanical ventilation for eight hours, or (3) Late MV-group: first half of the experiment on spontaneous breathing (four hours) and the second half on controlled mechanical ventilation (four hours). Respiratory, hemodynamic, and electric impedance tomography data were collected. After the protocol, animals were euthanized, and lungs were extracted for histologic tissue analysis and cytokines quantification. SB-group presented larger esophageal pressure swings, progressive hypoxemia, lung injury, and more dorsal and inhomogeneous ventilation compared to the early MV-group. In the late MV-group switch to controlled mechanical ventilation improved the lung inhomogeneity and esophageal pressure swings but failed to prevent hypoxemia and lung injury. In a lung collapse model, spontaneous breathing is associated to large esophageal pressure swings and lung inhomogeneity, resulting in progressive hypoxemia and lung injury. Mechanical ventilation prevents these mechanisms of patient self-inflicted lung injury if applied early, before spontaneous breathing occurs, but not when applied late.
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- María Consuelo Bachmann
- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile.,Unidad de Paciente Crítico Pediátrico, Hospital El Carmen de Maipú, Santiago, Chile
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- Unidad de Paciente Crítico Pediátrico, Hospital El Carmen de Maipú, Santiago, Chile.,Escuela de Postgrado, Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Departamento de Ciencias de La Salud, Carrera de Kinesiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Departamento de Ciencias de La Salud, Carrera de Kinesiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering, Schools of Engineering, Medicine and Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Unidad de Pacientes Críticos, Departamento de Medicina, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Lung-Dependent Areas Collapse, Monitored by Electrical Impedance Tomography, May Predict the Oxygenation Response to Prone Ventilation in COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Crit Care Med 2022; 50:1093-1102. [PMID: 35200196 PMCID: PMC9196922 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000005487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVES ICUs have had to deal with a large number of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome COVID-19, a significant number of whom received prone ventilation, which is a substantial consumer of care time. The selection of patients that we have to ventilate in prone position seems interesting. We evaluate the correlation between the percentage of collapsed dependent lung areas in the supine position, monitoring by electrical impedance tomography and the oxygenation response (change in Pao2/Fio2 ratio) to prone position. DESIGN An observational prospective study. SETTING From October 21, 2020, to 30 March 30, 2021. At the Sainte Anne military teaching Hospital and the Timone University Hospital. PATIENTS Fifty consecutive patients admitted in our ICUs, with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome and required mechanical, were included. Twenty-four (48%) received prone ventilation. Fifty-eight prone sessions were investigated. INTERVENTIONS An electrical impedance tomography recording was made in supine position, daily and repeated just before and just after the prone session. The daily dependent area collapse was calculated in relation to the previous electrical impedance tomography recording. Prone ventilation response was defined as a Pao2/Fio2 ratio improvement greater than 20%. MEASUREMENT AND MAIN RESULTS The main outcome was the correlation between dependent area collapse and the oxygenation response to prone ventilation. Dependent area collapse was correlated with oxygenation response to prone ventilation (R2 = 0.49) and had a satisfactory prediction accuracy of prone response with an area under the curve of 0.94 (95% CI, 0.87-1.00; p < 0.001). Best Youden index was obtained for a dependent area collapse greater than 13.5 %. Sensitivity of 92% (95% CI, 78-97), a specificity of 91% (95% CI, 72-97), a positive predictive value of 94% (95% CI, 88-100), a negative predictive value of 87% (95% CI, 78-96), and a diagnostic accuracy of 91% (95% CI, 84-98). CONCLUSIONS Dependent lung areas collapse (> 13.5%), monitored by electrical impedance tomography, has an excellent positive predictive value (94%) of improved oxygenation during prone ventilation.
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Bito K, Shono A, Kimura S, Maruta K, Omoto T, Aoki A, Oe K, Kotani T. Clinical Implications of Determining Individualized Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Using Electrical Impedance Tomography in Post-Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Prospective, Non-Randomized Interventional Study. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11113022. [PMID: 35683410 PMCID: PMC9181720 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11113022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2022] [Revised: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Optimal positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) can induce sustained lung function improvement. This prospective, non-randomized interventional study aimed to investigate the effect of individualized PEEP determined using electrical impedance tomography (EIT) in post-cardiac surgery patients (n = 35). Decremental PEEP trials were performed from 20 to 4 cmH2O in steps of 2 cmH2O, guided by EIT. PEEP levels preventing ventilation loss in dependent lung regions (PEEPONLINE) were set. Ventilation distributions and oxygenation before the PEEP trial, and 5 min and 1 h after the PEEPONLINE setting were examined. Furthermore, we analyzed the saved impedance data offline to determine the PEEP levels that provided the best compromise between overdistended and collapsed lung (PEEPODCL). Ventilation distributions of dependent regions increased at 5 min after the PEEPONLINE setting compared with those before the PEEP trial (mean ± standard deviation, 41.3 ± 8.5% vs. 49.1 ± 9.3%; p < 0.001), and were maintained at 1 h thereafter (48.7 ± 9.4%, p < 0.001). Oxygenation also showed sustained improvement. Rescue oxygen therapy (high-flow nasal cannula, noninvasive ventilation) after extubation was less frequent in patients with PEEPONLINE ≥ PEEPODCL than in those with PEEPONLINE < PEEPODCL (1/19 vs. 6/16; p = 0.018). EIT-guided individualized PEEP stabilized the improvement in ventilation distribution and oxygenation. Individual PEEP varies with EIT measures, and may differentially affect oxygenation after cardiac surgery.
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- Kiyoko Bito
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan; (S.K.); (K.O.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-3-3784-8575
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan; (A.S.); (T.K.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan; (S.K.); (K.O.)
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan; (K.M.); (T.O.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan; (K.M.); (T.O.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan; (K.M.); (T.O.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan; (S.K.); (K.O.)
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan; (A.S.); (T.K.)
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Zhao Z, Chen TF, Teng HC, Wang YC, Chang MY, Chang HT, Frerichs I, Fu F, Moeller K. Is there a need for individualized adjustment of electrode belt position during EIT-guided titration of positive end-expiratory pressure? Physiol Meas 2022; 43. [PMID: 35617942 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/ac73d6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to evaluate the variation of tidal volume-to-impedance ratio (VT/ZT) during positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) titration with electrical impedance tomography (EIT) measurement. APPROACH Forty-two patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome were retrospectively analyzed. An incremental and subsequently a decremental PEEP trial were performed with steps of 2 cmH2O and duration of 2 minutes per step during volume-controlled ventilation with decelerating flow. EIT measurement was conducted in the 5th intercostal space and VT was recorded simultaneously. The variation of VT/ZT (RatioV) was defined as the changes in percentage to average ratio per cmH2O PEEP change. A z-score>1 was considered as a significant variation and an implication that the measurement plane was inadequate. MAIN RESULTS The RatioV of 42 patients was 1.29±0.80 %∙cmH2O-1. A z-score of 1 corresponded to the variation of 2.09 %∙cmH2O-1. Seven patients (16.7%) had a z-score>1 and showed either positive or negative correlation between the volume-to-impedance ratio and PEEP. SIGNIFICANCE Electrode placement at 5th intercostal space might not be ideal for every individual during EIT measurement. Evaluation of volume-to-impedance ratio variation is necessary for patients undergoing maneuvers with wide alteration in absolute lung volume.
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- Zhanqi Zhao
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Changle Rd. 167, Xi'an, 710032, CHINA
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- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, x, New Taipei City, New Taipei City, x, TAIWAN
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- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, x, New Taipei City, New Taipei City, x, TAIWAN
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- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, x, New Taipei City, New Taipei City, x, TAIWAN
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- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, x, New Taipei City, New Taipei City, x, TAIWAN
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- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, z, New Taipei City, New Taipei City, x, TAIWAN
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, x, Kiel, x, GERMANY
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, x, Xi'an, x, CHINA
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- Institute of Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Jakob-Kienzle-Strasse 17, Villingen-Schwenningen, D-78054, GERMANY
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Li Z, Qin S, Chen C, Mei S, Yao Y, Zhao Z, Li W, Deng Y, Gao Y. Emerging Trends and Hot Spots of Electrical Impedance Tomography Applications in Clinical Lung Monitoring. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 8:813640. [PMID: 35174185 PMCID: PMC8841839 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.813640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Objective This study explores the emerging trends and hot topics concerning applications on electrical impedance tomography (EIT) in clinical lung monitoring. Methods Publications on EIT applications in clinical lung monitoring in 2001–2021 were extracted from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). The search strategy was “electrical impedance tomography” and “lung.” CiteSpace, a VOS viewer was used to study the citation characteristics, cooperation, and keyword co-occurrence. Moreover, co-cited reference clustering, structural variation analysis (SVA), and future research trends were presented. Results Six hundred and thirty-six publications were included for the final analysis. The global annual publications on clinical lung monitoring gradually increased in the last two decades. Germany contributes 32.2% of total global publications. University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (84 publications, cited frequency 2,205), Physiological Measurement (105 publications, cited frequency 2,056), and Inéz Frerichs (116 articles, cited frequency 3,609) were the institution, journal, and author with the largest number of article citations in the research field. “Electrical impedance tomography” (occurrences, 304), “mechanical ventilation” (occurrences, 99), and “acute respiratory distress syndrome” (occurrences, 67) were the top most three frequent keywords, “noninvasive monitoring” (Avg, pub, year: 2008.17), and “extracorporeal membrane oxygenation” (Avg, pub, year: 2019.60) were the earliest and latest keywords. The keywords “electrical impedance tomography” (strength 7.88) and co-cited reference “Frerichs I, 2017, THORAX” (strength 47.45) had the highest burst value. “Driving pressure,” “respiratory failure,” and “titration” are the three keywords still maintaining a high brush value until now. The largest and smallest cluster of the co-cited references are “obstructive lung diseases” (#0, size: 97) and “lung perfusion” (#20, size: 5). Co-cited reference “Frerichs I, 2017, THORAX” (modularity change rate: 98.49) has the highest structural variability. Categories with most and least interdisciplinary crossing are “ENGINEERING” and “CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE.” Conclusions EIT is a valuable technology for clinical lung monitoring, gradually converting from imaging techniques to the clinic. Research hot spots may continue monitoring techniques, the ventilation distribution of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and respiratory therapy strategies. More diversified lung function monitoring studies, such as lung perfusion and interdisciplinary crossing, are potentially emerging research trends.
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- Zhe Li
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- Institute of Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Wen Li
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Yuxiao Deng
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Yuan Gao
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Cheng KS, Su PL, Ko YF. Separation of Heart and Lung-related Signals in Electrical Impedance Tomography Using Empirical Mode Decomposition. Curr Med Imaging 2022; 18:1396-1415. [PMID: 35570528 PMCID: PMC9903293 DOI: 10.2174/1573405618666220513130834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) can be used for continuous monitoring of pulmonary ventilation. However, no proper method has been developed for the separation of pulmonary ventilation and perfusion signals and the measurement of the associated ventilation/ perfusion (V/Q) ratio. Previously, various methods have been used to extract these components; however, these have not been able to effectively separate and validate cardiac- and pulmonary- related images. AIMS This study aims at validating and developing a novel method to separate cardiac- and pulmonary- related components based on the EIT simulation field of view and to simultaneously reconstruct the individual images instantly. METHODS Our approach combines the advantages of the principal component analysis (PCA) and processes that originally measure EIT data instead of handling a series of EIT images, thus introducing the empirical mode decomposition (EMD). The PCA template functions for cardiacrelated imaging and intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) of EMD for lung-related imaging are then adapted to input signals. RESULTS The proposed method enables the separation of cardiac- and lung-related components by adjusting the proportion of the key components related to lung imaging, which are the fourth component (PC4) and the first component (IMF1) in PCA- and EMD-based methods, respectively. The preliminary results on the application of the method to real human EIT data revealed the consistently better performance and optimal computation compared with previous methods. CONCLUSION This study proposes a novel method for applying EIT to evaluate the best time of V/Q matching on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems; this aspect can be investigated in future research.
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- Kuo-Sheng Cheng
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan;,Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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- College of Biomedical Engineering, China Medical University, Taichung 404, Taiwan,Address correspondence to this author at the College of Biomedical Engineering, China Medical University No.91, Xueshi Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan; Tel: 886-9-33449872; Fax: 886-6-2343270; E-mail:
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Yuan S, Chi Y, Long Y, He H, Zhao Z. Effect of Position Change From the Bed to a Wheelchair on the Regional Ventilation Distribution Assessed by Electrical Impedance Tomography in Patients With Respiratory Failure. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 8:744958. [PMID: 34805212 PMCID: PMC8600076 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.744958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background: There is limited knowledge about the effect of position change on regional lung ventilation in patients with respiratory failure. This study aimed to examine the physiological alteration of regional lung ventilation during the position change from lying in bed to sitting on a wheelchair. Methods: In this study, 41 patients with respiratory failure who were weaned from the ventilators were prospectively enrolled. The electrical impedance tomography (EIT) was used to assess the regional lung ventilation distribution at four time points (Tbase: baseline, supine position in the bed, T30min: sitting position in the wheelchair after 30 min, T60min: sitting position in the wheelchair after 60 min, Treturn: the same supine position in the bed after position changing). The EIT-based global inhomogeneity (GI) and center of ventilation (CoV) indices were calculated. The EIT images were equally divided into four ventral-to-dorsal horizontal regions of interest (ROIs 1–4). Depending on the improvement in ventilation distribution in the dependent regions at T60min (threshold set to 15%), the patients were divided into the dorsal ventilation improved (DVI) and not improved (non-DVI) groups. Results: When the patients moved from the bed to a wheelchair, there was a significant and continuous increase in ventilation in the dorsal regions (ROI 3 + 4: 45.9 ± 12.1, 48.7 ± 11.6, 49.9 ± 12.6, 48.8 ± 10.6 for Tbase, T30min, T60min, and Treturn, respectively; p = 0.015) and CoV (48.2 ± 10.1, 50.1 ± 9.2, 50.5 ± 9.6, and 49.5 ± 8.6, p = 0.047). In addition, there was a significant decrease in GI at T60min compared with Tbase. The DVI group (n = 18) had significantly higher oxygenation levels than the non-DVI group (n = 23) after position changing. ROI4Tbase was significantly negatively correlated with the ΔSpO2 (R = 0.72, p < 0.001). Using a cutoff value of 6.5%, ROI4Tbase had 79.2% specificity and 58.8% sensitivity in indicating the increase in the dorsal region related to the position change. The corresponding area under the curve (AUC) was 0.806 (95% CI, 0.677–0.936). Conclusions: Position change may improve the ventilation distribution in the study patients. The EIT can visualize real-time changes of the regional lung ventilation at the bedside to guide the body position change of the patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) and measure the effect of clinical practice. Trial Registration: Effect of Early Mobilization on Regional Lung Ventilation Assessed by EIT, NCT04081129. Registered 9 June 2019—Retrospectively registered. https://register.clinicaltrials.gov/prs/app/action/SelectProtocol?sid=S00096WT&selectaction=Edit&uid=U00020D9&ts=2&cx=v2cwij.
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- Siyi Yuan
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.,Institute of Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
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Chen R, Lovas A, Benyó B, Möller K. Detection of Different COVID-19 Pneumonia Phenotypes with Estimated Alveolar Collapse and Overdistention by Bedside Electrical Impedance Tomography. IFAC-PAPERSONLINE 2021; 54:269-274. [PMID: 38620949 PMCID: PMC8562158 DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.10.267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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COVID-19 induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) could have two different phenotypes, which was reported to have different response and outcome to the typical ARDS positive end-expiration pressure (PEEP) treatment. The identification of the different phenotypes in terms of the recruitability can help improve the patient outcome. In this contribution we conducted alveolar overdistention and collapse analysis with the long term electrical impedance tomography monitoring data on two severe COVID-19 pneumonia patients. The result showed different patient reactions to the PEEP trial, revealed the progressive change in the patient status, and indicted a possible phenotype transition in one patient. It might suggest that EIT can be a practical tool to identify phenotypes and to provide progressive information of COVID-19 pneumonia.
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- Rongqing Chen
- Institute of Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Jakob-Kienzle-Str. 17, VS-Schwenningen, Germany
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- Kiskunhalas Semmelweis Hospital, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, H-6400, Dr. Monszpart L. u. 1, Hungary
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- Department of Control Engineering and Information Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok krt. 2, Hungary
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- Institute of Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Jakob-Kienzle-Str. 17, VS-Schwenningen, Germany
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Alsaker M, Cárdenas DAC, Furuie SS, Mueller JL. Complementary use of priors for pulmonary imaging with electrical impedance and ultrasound computed tomography. JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS 2021; 395:113591. [PMID: 34092904 PMCID: PMC8177074 DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2021.113591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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For medical professionals caring for patients undergoing mechanical ventilation due to respiratory failure, the ability to quickly and safely obtain images of pulmonary function at the patient's bedside would be highly desirable. Such images could be used to provide early warnings of developing pulmonary pathologies in real time, thereby reducing the incidence of complications and improving patient outcomes. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) and low-frequency ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) are two imaging techniques with the potential to provide real-time non-ionizing pulmonary monitoring in the ICU setting, and each method has its own unique advantages as well as drawbacks. In this work, we describe a new algorithm for a system in which the strengths of the two modalities are combined in a complementary fashion. Specifically, preliminary reconstructions from each modality are used as priors to stabilize subsequent reconstructions, providing improved spatial resolution, sharper organ boundaries, and enhanced appearance of pathologies and other features. Results are validated using three numerically simulated thoracic phantoms representing pulmonary pathologies.
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- Melody Alsaker
- Department of Mathematics; Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA 99258 USA
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- Department of Mathematics and School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, CO 80523 USA
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Hochhausen N, Kapell T, Dürbaum M, Follmann A, Rossaint R, Czaplik M. Monitoring postoperative lung recovery using electrical impedance tomography in post anesthesia care unit: an observational study. J Clin Monit Comput 2021; 36:1205-1212. [PMID: 34542735 PMCID: PMC9294009 DOI: 10.1007/s10877-021-00754-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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With electrical impedance tomography (EIT) recruitment and de-recruitment phenomena can be quantified and monitored at bedside. The aim was to examine the feasibility of EIT with respect to monitor atelectasis formation and resolution in the post anesthesia care unit (PACU). In this observational study, 107 postoperative patients were investigated regarding the presence and recovery of atelectasis described by the EIT-derived parameters Global Inhomogeneity Index (GI Index), tidal impedance variation (TIV), and the changes in end-expiratory lung impedance (ΔEELI). We examined whether the presence of obesity (ADP group) has an influence on pulmonary recovery compared to normal weight patients (NWP group). During the stay at PACU, measurements were taken every 15 min. GI Index, TIV, and ΔEELI were calculated for each time point. 107 patients were monitored and EIT-data of 16 patients were excluded for various reasons. EIT-data of 91 patients were analyzed off-line. Their length of stay averaged 80 min (25th and 75th quartile 52–112). The ADP group demonstrated a significantly higher GI Index at PACU arrival (p < 0.001). This finding disappeared during their stay at the PACU. Additionally, the ADP group showed a significant increase in ΔEELI between PACU arrival and discharge (p = 0.025). Furthermore, TIV showed a significantly lower value during the first 90 min of PACU stay as compared to the time period thereafter (p = 0.036). Our findings demonstrate that obesity has an influence on intraoperative atelectasis formation and de-recruitment during PACU stay. The application of EIT in spontaneously breathing PACU patients seems meaningful in monitoring pulmonary recovery.
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- Nadine Hochhausen
- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Comparison of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure versus Tidal Volume-Induced Ventilator-Driven Alveolar Recruitment Maneuver in Robotic Prostatectomy: A Randomized Controlled Study. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10173921. [PMID: 34501368 PMCID: PMC8432066 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10173921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background: We evaluated the pulmonary effects of two ventilator-driven alveolar recruitment maneuver (ARM) methods during laparoscopic surgery. Methods: Sixty-four patients undergoing robotic prostatectomy were randomized into two groups: incrementally increasing positive end-expiratory pressure in a stepwise manner (PEEP group) versus tidal volume (VT group). We performed each ARM after induction of anesthesia in the supine position (T1), after pneumoperitoneum in the Trendelenburg position (T2), and after peritoneum desufflation in the supine position (T3). The primary outcome was change in end-expiratory lung impedance (EELI) before and 5 min after ARM at T3, measured by electrical impedance tomography. Results: The PEEP group showed significantly higher increasing EELI 5 min after ARM than the VT group at T1 and T3 (median [IQR] 460 [180,800] vs. 200 [80,315], p = 0.002 and 280 [170,420] vs. 95 [55,175], p = 0.004, respectively; PEEP group vs. VT group). The PEEP group showed significantly higher lung compliance and lower driving pressure at T1 and T3. However, there was no significant difference in EELI change, lung compliance, or driving pressure after ARM at T2. Conclusions: The ventilator-driven ARM by the increasing PEEP method led to greater improvements in lung compliance at the end of laparoscopic surgery than the increasing VT method.
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Pigatto AV, Kao TJ, Mueller JL, Baker CD, DeBoer EM, Kupfer O. Electrical impedance tomography detects changes in ventilation after airway clearance in spinal muscular atrophy type I. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2021; 294:103773. [PMID: 34400355 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2021.103773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The effect of mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MIE) for airway clearance in patients with spinal muscular atrophy type I (SMA-I) on the distribution of ventilation in the lung is unknown, as is the duration of its beneficial effects. A pilot study to investigate the feasibility of using three dimensional (3-D) electrical impedance tomography (EIT) images to estimate lung volumes pre- and post-MIE for assessing the effectiveness of mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MIE) was conducted in 6 pediatric patients with SMA-I in the neuromuscular clinic at Children's Hospital Colorado. EIT data were collected before, during, and after the MIE procedure on two rows of 16 electrodes placed around the chest. Lung volumes were computed from the images and compared before, during, and after the MIE procedure to assess the ability of EIT to estimate changes in lung volume during insufflation and exsufflation. Images of pulsatile pulmonary perfusion were computed in subjects able to perform breath-holding. In four of the six subjects, lung volumes during tidal breathing increased after MIE (average change from pre to post MIE was 58.8±55.1 mL). The time-dependent plots of lung volume computed from the EIT data clearly show when the MIE device insufflates and exsufflates air and the rest periods between mechanical coughs. Images of pulmonary pulsatile perfusion were computed from data collected during breathing pauses. The results suggest that EIT holds promise for estimating lung volumes and ventilation/perfusion mismatch, both of which are useful for assessing the effectiveness of MIE in clearing mucus plugs.
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- Andre Viera Pigatto
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States
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- GE Research, Niskayuna, NY 12309, United States
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, United States
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Dynamic relative regional strain visualized by electrical impedance tomography in patients suffering from COVID-19. J Clin Monit Comput 2021; 36:975-985. [PMID: 34386896 PMCID: PMC8363090 DOI: 10.1007/s10877-021-00748-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Respiratory failure due to SARS-CoV-2 may progress rapidly. During the course of COVID-19, patients develop an increased respiratory drive, which may induce high mechanical strain a known risk factor for Patient Self-Inflicted Lung Injury (P-SILI). We developed a novel Electrical Impedance Tomography-based approach to visualize the Dynamic Relative Regional Strain (DRRS) in SARS-CoV-2 positive patients and compared these findings with measurements in lung healthy volunteers. DRRS was defined as the ratio of tidal impedance changes and end-expiratory lung impedance within each pixel of the lung region. DRRS values of the ten patients were considerably higher than those of the ten healthy volunteers. On repeated examination, patterns, magnitude and frequency distribution of DRRS were reproducible and in line with the clinical course of the patients. Lung ultrasound scores correlated with the number of pixels showing DRRS values above the derived threshold. Using Electrical Impedance Tomography we were able to generate, for the first time, images of DRRS which might indicate P-SILI in patients suffering from COVID-19. Trial Registration This observational study was registered 06.04.2020 in German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS00021276).
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Thoracic weighting of restrained subjects during exhaustion recovery causes loss of lung reserve volume in a model of police arrest. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15166. [PMID: 34385477 PMCID: PMC8361138 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94157-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Restraint asphyxia has been proposed as a mechanism for some arrest-related deaths that occur during or shortly after a suspect is taken into custody. Our analysis of the literature found that prone positioning, weight applied to the back, recovery after simulated pursuit, and restraint position have led to restrictive, but non life-threatening respiratory changes when tested in subsets. However, the combined effects of all four parameters have not been tested together in a single study. We hypothesized that a complete protocol with high-sensitivity instrumentation could improve our understanding of breathing physiology during weighted restraint. We designed an electrical impedance tomography (EIT)-based protocol for this purpose and measured the 3D distribution of ventilation within the thorax. Here, we present the results from a study on 17 human subjects that revealed FRC declines during weighted restrained recovery from exercise for subjects in the restraint postures, but not the control posture. These prolonged FRC declines were consistent with abdominal muscle recruitment to assist the inspiratory muscles, suggesting that subjects in restraint postures have increased work of breathing compared to controls. Upon removal of the weighted load, lung reserve volumes gradually increased for the hands-behind-the-head restraint posture but continued to decrease for subjects in the hands-behind-the-back restraint posture. We discuss the possible role this increased work of breathing may play in restraint asphyxia.
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Sun XM, Chen GQ, Wang YM, Zhou YM, Chen JR, Cheng KM, Yang YL, Zhang LL, Li HL, Zhou JX. Derecruitment volume assessment derived from pressure-impedance curves with electrical impedance tomography in experimental acute lung injury. J Int Med Res 2021; 48:300060520949037. [PMID: 32816562 PMCID: PMC7444134 DOI: 10.1177/0300060520949037] [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] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Objective To investigate the accuracy of derecruitment volume (VDER) assessed by pressure–impedance (P-I) curves derived from electrical impedance tomography (EIT). Methods Six pigs with acute lung injury received decremental positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) from 15 to 0 in steps of 5 cmH2O. At the end of each PEEP level, the pressure–volume (P-V) curves were plotted using the low constant flow method and release maneuvers to calculate the VDER between the PEEP of setting levels and 0 cmH2O (VDER-PV). The VDER derived from P-I curves that were recorded simultaneously using EIT was the difference in impedance at the same pressure multiplied by the ratio of tidal volume and corresponding tidal impedance (VDER-PI). The regional P-I curves obtained by EIT were used to estimate VDER in the dependent and nondependent lung. Results The global lung VDER-PV and VDER-PI showed close correlations (r = 0.948, P<0.001); the mean difference was 48 mL with limits of agreement of −133 to 229 mL. Lung derecruitment extended into the whole process of decremental PEEP levels but was unevenly distributed in different lung regions. Conclusions P-I curves derived from EIT can assess VDER and provide a promising method to estimate regional lung derecruitment at the bedside.
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- Xiu-Mei Sun
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Jiang H, Li Q, Yu X, Zhang C, Li Y, Niu G, Tong ZH, Xi JN, Zhao Z. Ventilation improvement after pneumonia treatment evaluated with electrical impedance tomography: an observational study. Physiol Meas 2021; 42. [PMID: 33971628 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/abffbf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Due to radiation exposures, not all patients with pneumonia would receive chest x-ray or CT measurements to confirm treatment effectiveness. The aim of the study was to examine the ability of using electrical impedance tomography (EIT) to evaluate the treatment effectiveness in such patient group. METHODS A total of 35 consecutive patients with non-severe pneumonia was included in this prospective study. The patients received standard treatment according to our internal protocol. EIT measurements were performed in supine position before the treatment start and on day 6 of the treatment period. EIT-based global inhomogeneity (GI) index and center of ventilation index (CoV) were calculated. Clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS) was obtained at both time points. RESULTS Clinically significant improvements in GI and CoV were found in patient group (ΔGI: -34%±17% and ΔCoV: -10%±11%; p<0.001). Although CPIS was also significantly improved (ΔCPIS -0.70±0.17, p<0.001), no correlations were demonstrated when it compared to ΔGI or ΔCoV. CONCLUSION EIT demonstrated individual improvement of ventilation heterogeneity after standard treatment in non-severe pneumonia, which provided different information compared to CPIS. EIT has the potential to become a routine non-invasive, non-radiative tool to assess pneumonia treatment effectiveness.
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- Hongying Jiang
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, CHINA
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- Department of Respiratory Rehabilitation Centre, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, CHINA
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- Department of Respiratory Rehabilitation Centre, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, CHINA
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- Department of Respiratory Rehabilitation Centre, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, CHINA
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- Department of Respiratory Rehabilitation Centre, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, CHINA
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- Department of Respiratory Rehabilitation Centre, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, CHINA
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, CHINA
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- Department of Respiratory Rehabilitation Centre, Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, CHINA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, CHINA
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Assessment of Electrical Impedance Tomography to Set Optimal Positive End-Expiratory Pressure for Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation-Treated Patients. Crit Care Med 2021; 49:923-933. [PMID: 33595959 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Patients on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation have many risk factors for pulmonary complications in addition to their heart failure. Optimal positive end-expiratory pressure is unknown in these patients. The aim was to evaluate the ability of electrical impedance tomography to help the physician to select the optimal positive end-expiratory pressure in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation treated and mechanically ventilated patients during a positive end-expiratory pressure trial. DESIGN Observational prospective monocentric. SETTING University hospital. PATIENTS Patients (n = 23) older than 18 years old, on mechanical ventilation and venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. INTERVENTIONS A decreasing positive end-expiratory pressure trial (20-5 cm H2O) in increments of 5 cm H2O was performed and monitored by a collection of clinical parameters, ventilatory and ultrasonographic (cardiac and pulmonary) to define an optimal positive end-expiratory pressure according to respiratory criteria (optimal positive end-expiratory pressure selected by physician with respiratory parameters), and then adjusted according to hemodynamic and cardiac tolerances (optimal positive end-expiratory pressure selected by physician with respiratory, hemodynamic, and echocardiographic parameters). At the same time, electrical impedance tomography data (regional distribution of ventilation, compliance, and overdistension collapse) were recorded and analyzed retrospectively to define the optimal positive end-expiratory pressure. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The median of this optimal positive end-expiratory pressure was 10 cm H2O in our population. Electrical impedance tomography showed that increasing positive end-expiratory pressure promoted overdistention of ventral lung, maximum at positive end-expiratory pressure 20 cm H20 (34% [interquartile range, 24.5-40]). Decreasing positive end-expiratory pressure resulted in collapse of dorsal lung (29% [interquartile range, 21-45.8]). The optimal positive end-expiratory pressure selected by physician with respiratory parameters was not different from the positive end-expiratory pressure chosen by the electrical impedance tomography. However, there is a negative impact of a high level of intrathoracic pressure on hemodynamic and cardiac tolerances. CONCLUSIONS Our results support that electrical impedance tomography appears predictive to define optimal positive end-expiratory pressure on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, aided by echocardiography to optimize hemodynamic assessment and management.
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Martinsson A, Houltz E, Wallinder A, Lindgren S, Thorén A. Lung recruitment in the prone position after cardiac surgery: a randomised controlled study. Br J Anaesth 2021; 126:1067-1074. [PMID: 33602580 DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Atelectasis after cardiac surgery is common and promotes ventilation/perfusion mismatch, infection, and delayed discharge from critical care. Recruitment manoeuvres are often performed to reduce atelectasis. In severe respiratory failure, recruitment manoeuvres in the prone position may increase oxygenation, survival, or both. We compared the effects of recruitment manoeuvres in the prone vs supine position on lung aeration and oxygenation in cardiac surgical patients. METHODS Subjects were randomised to recruitment manoeuvres (40 cm H2O peak inspiratory pressure and 20 cm H2O PEEP for 30 s) in either the prone or supine position after uncomplicated cardiac surgery. The co-primary endpoints were lung aeration (end-expiratory lung volume measured by electrical impedance tomography (arbitrary units [a.u.]) and lung oxygenation (ratio of arterial oxygen partial pressure to fractional inspired oxygen [Pao2/FiO2 ratio]). Secondary outcomes included postoperative oxygen requirement and adverse events. RESULTS Thirty subjects (27% female; age, 48-81 yr) were recruited. Dorsal lung tidal volume was higher after prone recruitment manoeuvres (363 a.u.; 95% confidence intervals [CI], 283-443; n=15) after extubation, compared with supine recruitment manoeuvres (212 a.u.; 95% CI, 170-254; n=15; P<0.001). Prone recruitment manoeuvres increased dorsal end-expiratory lung volume by 724 a.u. (95% CI, 456-992) after extubation, compared with 163 a.u. decrease (95% CI, 73-252) after supine recruitment manoeuvres (P<0.001). The Pao2/FiO2 ratio after extubation was higher after prone recruitment manoeuvres (46.6; 95% CI, 40.7-53.0) compared with supine recruitment manoeuvres (39.3; 95% CI, 34.8-43.8; P=0.04). Oxygen therapy after extubation was shorter after prone (33 h [13]) vs supine recruitment manoeuvres (52 h [22]; P=0.01). No adverse events occurred. CONCLUSIONS Recruitment manoeuvres in the prone position after cardiac surgery improve lung aeration and oxygenation. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT03009331.
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- Andreas Martinsson
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Kircher M, Elke G, Stender B, Hernandez Mesa M, Schuderer F, Dossel O, Fuld MK, Halaweish AF, Hoffman EA, Weiler N, Frerichs I. Regional Lung Perfusion Analysis in Experimental ARDS by Electrical Impedance and Computed Tomography. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2021; 40:251-261. [PMID: 32956046 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2020.3025080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Electrical impedance tomography is clinically used to trace ventilation related changes in electrical conductivity of lung tissue. Estimating regional pulmonary perfusion using electrical impedance tomography is still a matter of research. To support clinical decision making, reliable bedside information of pulmonary perfusion is needed. We introduce a method to robustly detect pulmonary perfusion based on indicator-enhanced electrical impedance tomography and validate it by dynamic multidetector computed tomography in two experimental models of acute respiratory distress syndrome. The acute injury was induced in a sublobar segment of the right lung by saline lavage or endotoxin instillation in eight anesthetized mechanically ventilated pigs. For electrical impedance tomography measurements, a conductive bolus (10% saline solution) was injected into the right ventricle during breath hold. Electrical impedance tomography perfusion images were reconstructed by linear and normalized Gauss-Newton reconstruction on a finite element mesh with subsequent element-wise signal and feature analysis. An iodinated contrast agent was used to compute pulmonary blood flow via dynamic multidetector computed tomography. Spatial perfusion was estimated based on first-pass indicator dilution for both electrical impedance and multidetector computed tomography and compared by Pearson correlation and Bland-Altman analysis. Strong correlation was found in dorsoventral (r = 0.92) and in right-to-left directions (r = 0.85) with good limits of agreement of 8.74% in eight lung segments. With a robust electrical impedance tomography perfusion estimation method, we found strong agreement between multidetector computed and electrical impedance tomography perfusion in healthy and regionally injured lungs and demonstrated feasibility of electrical impedance tomography perfusion imaging.
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Development of a Portable, Reliable and Low-Cost Electrical Impedance Tomography System Using an Embedded System. ELECTRONICS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/electronics10010015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a useful procedure with applications in industry and medicine, particularly in the lungs and brain area. In this paper, the development of a portable, reliable and low-cost EIT system for image reconstruction by using an embedded system (ES) is introduced herein. The novelty of this article is the hardware development of a complete low-cost EIT system, as well as three simple and efficient algorithms that can be implemented on ES. The proposed EIT system applies the adjacent voltage method, starting with an impedance acquisition stage that sends data to a Raspberry Pi 4 (RPi4) as ES. To perform the image reconstruction, a user interface was developed by using GNU Octave for RPi4 and the EIDORS library. A statistical analysis is performed to determine the best average value from the samples measured by using an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with a capacity of 30 kSPS and 24-bit resolution. The tests for the proposed EIT system were performed using materials such as metal, glass and an orange to simulate its application in food industry. Experimental results show that the statistical median is more accurate with respect to the real voltage measurement; however, it represents a higher computational cost. Therefore, the mean is calculated and improved by discarding data values in a transitory state, achieving better accuracy than the median to determine the real voltage value, enhancing the quality of the reconstructed images. A performance comparison between a personal computer (PC) and RPi4 is presented. The proposed EIT system offers an excellent cost-benefit ratio with respect to a traditional PC, taking into account precision, accuracy, energy consumption, price, light weight, size, portability and reliability. The proposed EIT system has potential application in mechanical ventilation, food industry and structural health monitoring.
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Khambampati AK, Rahman SA, Sharma SK, Kim WY, Kim KY. Imaging Conductivity Changes in Monolayer Graphene Using Electrical Impedance Tomography. MICROMACHINES 2020; 11:mi11121074. [PMID: 33271930 PMCID: PMC7761263 DOI: 10.3390/mi11121074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Recently, graphene has gained a lot of attention in the electronic industry due to its unique properties and has paved the way for realizing novel devices in the field of electronics. For the development of new device applications, it is necessary to grow large wafer-sized monolayer graphene samples. Among the methods to synthesize large graphene films, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is one of the promising and common techniques. However, during the growth and transfer of the CVD graphene monolayer, defects such as wrinkles, cracks, and holes appear on the graphene surface. These defects can influence the electrical properties and it is of interest to know the quality of graphene samples non-destructively. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) can be applied as an alternate method to determine conductivity distribution non-destructively. The EIT inverse problem of reconstructing conductivity is highly non-linear and is heavily dependent on measurement accuracy and modeling errors related to an accurate knowledge of electrode location, contact resistances, the exact outer boundary of the graphene wafer, etc. In practical situations, it is difficult to eliminate these modeling errors as complete knowledge of the electrode contact impedance and outer domain boundary is not fully available, and this leads to an undesirable solution. In this paper, a difference imaging approach is proposed to estimate the conductivity change of graphene with respect to the reference distribution from the data sets collected before and after the change. The estimated conductivity change can be used to locate the defects on the graphene surface caused due to the CVD transfer process or environment interaction. Numerical and experimental results with graphene sample of size 2.5 × 2.5 cm are performed to determine the change in conductivity distribution and the results show that the proposed difference imaging approach handles the modeling errors and estimates the conductivity distribution with good accuracy.
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Sang L, Zhao Z, Lin Z, Liu X, Zhong N, Li Y. A narrative review of electrical impedance tomography in lung diseases with flow limitation and hyperinflation: methodologies and applications. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2020; 8:1688. [PMID: 33490200 PMCID: PMC7812189 DOI: 10.21037/atm-20-4984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a functional radiation-free imaging technique that measures regional lung ventilation distribution by calculating the impedance changes in the corresponding regions. The aim of the present review was to summarize the current literature concerning the methodologies and applications of EIT in lung diseases with flow limitation and hyperinflation. PubMed was searched up to May 2020 to identify studies investigating the use of EIT in patients with asthma, bronchiectasis, bronchitis, bronchiolitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cystic fibrosis. The extracted data included study design, EIT methodologies, interventions, validation and comparators, population characteristics, and key findings. Of the 44 included studies, seven were related to simulation, animal experimentation, or reconstruction algorithm development with evaluation on patients; 27 studies had the primary objective of validating EIT technique and measures including regional ventilation distribution, regional EIT-spirometry parameters, end-expiratory lung impedance, and regional time constants; and 10 studies had the primary objective of applying EIT to monitor the response to therapeutic interventions, including various ventilation supports, patient repositioning, and airway suctioning. In pediatric and adult patients, EIT has been successfully validated for assessing spatial and temporal ventilation distribution, measuring changes in lung volume and flow, and studying regional respiratory mechanics. EIT has also demonstrated potential as an alternative or supplement to well-established measurement modalities (e.g., conventional pulmonary function testing) to monitor the progression of obstructive lung diseases, although the existing literature lacks prediction values as references and lacks clinical outcome evidence.
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- Ling Sang
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, Guangzhou Medical University, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Department of Crit Care Med, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.,Institute of Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, Guangzhou Medical University, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Department of Crit Care Med, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, Guangzhou Medical University, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Department of Crit Care Med, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, Guangzhou Medical University, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Department of Crit Care Med, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, Guangzhou Medical University, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Department of Crit Care Med, Guangzhou, China
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Assessment of electrical impedance tomography to set optimal positive end-expiratory pressure for veno-venous ECMO-treated severe ARDS patients. J Crit Care 2020; 60:38-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mosing M, Waldmann AD, Sacks M, Buss P, Boesch JM, Zeiler GE, Hosgood G, Gleed RD, Miller M, Meyer LCR, Böhm SH. What hinders pulmonary gas exchange and changes distribution of ventilation in immobilized white rhinoceroses ( Ceratotherium simum) in lateral recumbency? J Appl Physiol (1985) 2020; 129:1140-1149. [PMID: 33054661 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00359.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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This study used electrical impedance tomography (EIT) measurements of regional ventilation and perfusion to elucidate the reasons for severe gas exchange impairment reported in rhinoceroses during opioid-induced immobilization. EIT values were compared with standard monitoring parameters to establish a new monitoring tool for conservational immobilization and future treatment options. Six male white rhinoceroses were immobilized using etorphine, and EIT ventilation variables, venous admixture, and dead space were measured 30, 40, and 50 min after becoming recumbent in lateral position. Pulmonary perfusion mapping using impedance-enhanced EIT was performed at the end of the study period. The measured impedance (∆Z) by EIT was compared between pulmonary regions using mixed linear models. Measurements of regional ventilation and perfusion revealed a pronounced disproportional shift of ventilation and perfusion toward the nondependent lung. Overall, the dependent lung was minimally ventilated and perfused, but remained aerated with minimal detectable lung collapse. Perfusion was found primarily around the hilum of the nondependent lung and was minimal in the periphery of the nondependent and the entire dependent lung. These shifts can explain the high amount of venous admixture and physiological dead space found in this study. Breath holding redistributed ventilation toward dependent and ventral lung areas. The findings of this study reveal important pathophysiological insights into the changes in lung ventilation and perfusion during immobilization of white rhinoceroses. These novel insights might induce a search for better therapeutic options and is establishing EIT as a promising monitoring tool for large animals in the field.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Electrical impedance tomography measurements of regional ventilation and perfusion applied to etorphine-immobilized white rhinoceroses in lateral recumbency revealed a pronounced disproportional shift of the measured ventilation and perfusion toward the nondependent lung. The dependent lung was minimally ventilated and perfused, but still aerated. Perfusion was found primarily around the hilum of the nondependent lung. These shifts can explain the gas exchange impairments found in this study. Breath holding can redistribute ventilation.
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- Martina Mosing
- School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
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- Veterinary Wildlife Services, South African National Parks, Kruger National Park, Skukuza, South Africa
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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- Department of Companion Animal Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.,Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies and Department of Paraclinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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- Department of Science and Technology-National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence for Biomedical TB Research, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies and Department of Paraclinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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Nguyen DM, Andersen T, Qian P, Barry T, McEwan A. Electrical Impedance Tomography for monitoring cardiac radiofrequency ablation: a scoping review of an emerging technology. Med Eng Phys 2020; 84:36-50. [PMID: 32977921 DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2020.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Arrhythmias are common cardiac diseases which can be treated effectively by the cardiac radiofrequency ablation (CRFA). However, information regarding the lesion growth within the myocardium is critical to the procedure's safety and efficacy but still unavailable in the current catheterisation lab (CathLab). Over the last 20 years, many efforts have been made in order to track the lesion size during the procedure. Unfortunately, all the approaches have their own limitations preventing them from the clinical translation and hence making the lesion size monitoring during a CRFA still an open issue. Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is an impedance imaging modality that might be able to image the thermal-related impedance changes from which the lesion size can be measured. With the availability of the patient's CT scans, for a detailed model, and the catheter-based electrodes for the internal electrodes, EIT accuracy and sensitivity to the ablated sites can be significantly improved and is worth being explored for this application. Though EIT is still new to CRFA with no in-vivo experiments being done according to our up-to-date searching, many related EIT studies and its extensive research in Hyperthermia and other ablations can reveal many hints for a possibility of the CRFA-EIT application. In this paper, we present a review on multiple aspects of EIT in CRFA. First, the expected CRFA-EIT signal range and frequency are discussed based on various measured impedance results obtained from lesions in the past. Second, the possible noise sources that can happen in a clinical CRFA procedure, along with their signal range and frequency compared to the CRFA-EIT signal, and, third, the available current solutions to separate such noises from the CRFA-EIT signal. Finally, we review the progress of EIT in thermal applications over the last two decades in order to identify the developments that EIT can take advantage of and the current drawbacks that need to be solved for a potential CRFA-EIT application.
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- Duc M Nguyen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam; School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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- School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Hopkins SR. Ventilation/Perfusion Relationships and Gas Exchange: Measurement Approaches. Compr Physiol 2020; 10:1155-1205. [PMID: 32941684 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c180042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Ventilation-perfusion ( V ˙ A / Q ˙ ) matching, the regional matching of the flow of fresh gas to flow of deoxygenated capillary blood, is the most important mechanism affecting the efficiency of pulmonary gas exchange. This article discusses the measurement of V ˙ A / Q ˙ matching with three broad classes of techniques: (i) those based in gas exchange, such as the multiple inert gas elimination technique (MIGET); (ii) those derived from imaging techniques such as single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and electrical impedance tomography (EIT); and (iii) fluorescent and radiolabeled microspheres. The focus is on the physiological basis of these techniques that provide quantitative information for research purposes rather than qualitative measurements that are used clinically. The fundamental equations of pulmonary gas exchange are first reviewed to lay the foundation for the gas exchange techniques and some of the imaging applications. The physiological considerations for each of the techniques along with advantages and disadvantages are briefly discussed. © 2020 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 10:1155-1205, 2020.
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- Susan R Hopkins
- Departments of Medicine and Radiology, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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INTRODUCTION The use of mechanical ventilation is an invaluable tool in caring for critically ill patients. Enhancing our capabilities in mechanical ventilation has been instrumental in the ability to support clinical conditions and diseases which were once associated with high mortality. Areas covered: Within this manuscript, we will look to discuss emerging approaches to improving the care of pediatric patients who require mechanical ventilation. After an extensive literature search, we will provide a brief review of the history and pathophysiology of acute respiratory distress syndrome, an assessment of several ventilator settings, a discussion on assisted ventilation, review of therapy used to rescue in severe respiratory failure, methods of monitoring the effects of mechanical ventilation, and nutrition. Expert opinion: As we have advanced in our care, we are seeing children survive illnesses that would have once claimed their lives. Given this knowledge, we must continue to advance the research in pediatric critical care to understand the means in which we can tailor the therapy to the patient in efforts to efficiently liberate them from mechanical ventilation once their illness has resolved.
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- Duane C Williams
- a Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics , Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital , Hershey , PA , USA
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- b Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics , Duke Children's Hospital , Durham , NC , USA
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Wang YM, Sun XM, Zhou YM, Chen JR, Cheng KM, Li HL, Yang YL, Zhang L, Zhou JX. Use of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) to Estimate Global and Regional Lung Recruitment Volume (VREC) Induced by Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP): An Experiment in Pigs with Lung Injury. Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e922609. [PMID: 32172276 PMCID: PMC7094060 DOI: 10.12659/msm.922609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a real-time tool used to monitor lung volume change at the bedside, which could be used to measure lung recruitment volume (VREC) for setting positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). We assessed and compared the agreement in VREC measurement with the EIT method versus the flow-derived method. Material/Methods In 12 Bama pigs, lung injury was induced by tracheal instillation of hydrochloric acid and verified by an arterial partial pressure of oxygen to inspired oxygen fraction ratio below 200 mmHg. During the end-expiratory occlusion, an airway release maneuver was conduct at 5 and 15 cmH2O of PEEP. VREC was measured by flow-integrated PEEP-induced lung volume change (flow-derived method) and end-expiratory lung impedance change (EIT-derived method). Linear regression and Bland-Altman analysis were used to test the correlation and agreement between these 2 measures. Results Lung injury was successfully induced in all the animals. EIT-derived VREC was significantly correlated with flow-derived VREC (R2=0.650, p=0.002). The bias (the lower and upper limits of agreement) was −19 (−182 to 144) ml. The median (interquartile range) of EIT-derived VREC was 322 (218–469) ml, with 110 (59–142) ml and 194 (157–307) ml in dependent and nondependent lung regions, respectively. Global and regional respiratory system compliance increased significantly at high PEEP compared to those at low PEEP. Conclusions Close correlation and agreement were found between EIT-derived and flow-derived VREC measurements. The advantages of EIT-derived recruitability assessment included the avoidance of ventilation interruption and the ability to provide regional recruitment information.
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- Yu-Mei Wang
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (mainland)
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (mainland)
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Liu S, Zhao Z, Tan L, Wang L, Möller K, Frerichs I, Yu T, Huang Y, Pan C, Yang Y, Qiu H. Optimal mean airway pressure during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in an experimental model of acute respiratory distress syndrome: EIT-based method. Ann Intensive Care 2020; 10:31. [PMID: 32144514 PMCID: PMC7060304 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-020-0647-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) may theoretically provide lung protective ventilation. The negative clinical results may be due to inadequate mean airway pressure (mPaw) settings in HFOV. Our objective was to evaluate the air distribution, ventilatory and hemodynamic effects of individual mPaw titration during HFOV in ARDS animal based on oxygenation and electrical impedance tomography (EIT). Methods ARDS was introduced with repeated bronchoalveolar lavage followed by injurious mechanical ventilation in ten healthy male pigs (51.2 ± 1.9 kg). Settings of HFOV were 9 Hz (respiratory frequency), 33% (inspiratory time) and 70 cmH2O (∆pressure). After lung recruitment, the mPaw was reduced in steps of 3 cmH2O every 6 min. Hemodynamics and blood gases were obtained in each step. Regional ventilation distribution was determined with EIT. Results PaO2/FiO2 decreased significantly during the mPaw decremental phase (p < 0.001). Lung overdistended regions decreased, while recruitable regions increased as mPaw decreased. The optimal mPaw with respect to PaO2/FiO2 was 21 (18.0–21.0) cmH2O, that is comparable to EIT-based center of ventilation (EIT-CoV) and EIT-collapse/over, 19.5 (15.0–21.0) and 19.5 (18.0–21.8), respectively (p = 0.07). EIT-CoV decreasing along with mPaw decrease revealed redistribution toward non-dependent regions. The individual mPaw titrated by EIT-based indices improved regional ventilation distribution with respect to overdistension and collapse (p = 0.035). Conclusion Our data suggested personalized optimal mPaw titration by EIT-based indices improves regional ventilation distribution and lung homogeneity during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation.
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- Songqiao Liu
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Institute of Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Jakob-Kienzle Strasse 17, 78054, VS-Schwenningen, Germany.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210009, China.,Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Bejing, 100730, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Institute of Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Jakob-Kienzle Strasse 17, 78054, VS-Schwenningen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center of Schleswig-Holstein Campus Kiel, Arnold-Heller-Strasse 3, 24105, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210009, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210009, China.
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Zhao Z, Chang MY, Frerichs I, Zhang JH, Chang HT, Gow CH, Möller K. Regional air trapping in acute exacerbation of obstructive lung diseases measured with electrical impedance tomography: a feasibility study. Minerva Anestesiol 2019; 86:172-180. [PMID: 31808658 DOI: 10.23736/s0375-9393.19.13732-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Since bronchial abnormalities often exhibit spatial non-uniformity which may be not correctly assessed by conventional global lung function measures, regional information may help to characterize the disease progress. We hypothesized that regional air trapping during mechanical ventilation could be characterized by regional end-expiratory flow (EEF) derived from electrical impedance tomography (EIT). METHODS Twenty-five patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD grade 3 or 4) or severe asthma with acute exacerbation were examined prospectively. Patients were ventilated under assist-control mode. EIT measurements were conducted before and one hour after inhaled combined corticosteroid and long-acting β2 agonist, on two consecutive days. Regional EEF was calculated as derivative of relative impedance for every image pixel in the lung regions. The results were normalized to global flow values measured by the ventilator. RESULTS Regional and global EEF were highly correlated (P<0.00001) and regional effects of medication and disease progression were visible in the regional EEF maps. The sums of regional EEF in lung regions were 3.8 [2.0, 5.1] and 3.6 [1.9, 4.5] L/min in COPD patients before and after medication (median [lower, upper quartiles]; P=0.37). The corresponding values in asthma patients were 3.0 [2.5, 4.2] and 2.2 [1.7, 3.2] L/min (P<0.05). Histograms of regional EEF showed high spatial heterogeneity of EEF before medication. After one day of treatment, the histograms exhibited less heterogeneous and a decrease in EEF level. CONCLUSIONS Regional EEF characterizes air trapping and intrinsic PEEP, which could provide diagnostic information for monitoring the disease progress during treatment.
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- Zhanqi Zhao
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.,Institute of Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center of Schleswig-Holstein Campus, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan - .,Department of Healthcare Information and Management, Ming-Chuan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
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Braun F, Proença M, Wendler A, Solà J, Lemay M, Thiran JP, Weiler N, Frerichs I, Becher T. Noninvasive measurement of stroke volume changes in critically ill patients by means of electrical impedance tomography. J Clin Monit Comput 2019; 34:903-911. [PMID: 31624996 DOI: 10.1007/s10877-019-00402-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Previous animal experiments have suggested that electrical impedance tomography (EIT) has the ability to noninvasively track changes in cardiac stroke volume (SV). The present study intended to reproduce these findings in patients during a fluid challenge. In a prospective observational study including critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation, SV was estimated via ECG-gated EIT before and after a fluid challenge and compared to transpulmonary thermodilution reference measurements. Relative changes in EIT-derived cardiosynchronous impedance changes in the heart ([Formula: see text]) and lung region ([Formula: see text]) were compared to changes in reference SV by assessing the concordance rate (CR) and Pearson's correlation coefficient (R). We compared 39 measurements of 20 patients. [Formula: see text] did not show to be a reliable estimate for tracking changes of SV (CR = 52.6% and R = 0.13 with P = 0.44). In contrast, [Formula: see text] showed an acceptable trending performance (CR = 94.4% and R = 0.72 with P < 0.0001). Our results indicate that ECG-gated EIT measurements of [Formula: see text] are able to noninvasively monitor changes in SV during a fluid challenge in critically ill patients. However, this was not possible using [Formula: see text]. The present approach is limited by the influences induced by ventilation, posture or changes in electrode-skin contact and requires further validation.
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- Fabian Braun
- Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM SA), Rue Jaquet-Droz 1, 2002, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. .,Signal Processing Laboratory LTS5, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM SA), Rue Jaquet-Droz 1, 2002, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.,Signal Processing Laboratory LTS5, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM SA), Rue Jaquet-Droz 1, 2002, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM SA), Rue Jaquet-Droz 1, 2002, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Signal Processing Laboratory LTS5, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.,Department of Radiology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Fichtner F, Moerer O, Weber-Carstens S, Nothacker M, Kaisers U, Laudi S. Clinical Guideline for Treating Acute Respiratory Insufficiency with Invasive Ventilation and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Evidence-Based Recommendations for Choosing Modes and Setting Parameters of Mechanical Ventilation. Respiration 2019; 98:357-372. [PMID: 31505511 DOI: 10.1159/000502157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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For patients with acute respiratory insufficiency, mechanical ("invasive") ventilation is a fundamental therapeutic measure to ensure sufficient gas exchange. Despite decades of strong research efforts, central questions on mechanical ventilation therapy are still answered incompletely. Therefore, many different ventilation modes and settings have been used in daily clinical practice without scientifically sound bases. At the same time, implementation of the few evidence-based therapeutic concepts (e.g., "lung protective ventilation") into clinical practice is still insufficient. The aim of our guideline project "Mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal gas exchange in acute respiratory insufficiency" was to develop an evidence-based decision aid for treating patients with and on mechanical ventilation. It covers the whole pathway of invasively ventilated patients (including indications of mechanical ventilation, ventilator settings, additional and rescue therapies, and liberation from mechanical ventilation). To assess the quality of scientific evidence and subsequently derive recommendations, we applied the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation method. For the first time, using this globally accepted methodological standard, our guideline contains recommendations on mechanical ventilation therapy not only for acute respiratory distress syndrome patients but also for all types of acute respiratory insufficiency. This review presents the two main chapters of the guideline on choosing the mode of mechanical ventilation and setting its parameters. The guideline group aimed that - by thorough implementation of the recommendations - critical care teams may further improve the quality of care for patients suffering from acute respiratory insufficiency. By identifying relevant gaps of scientific evidence, the guideline group intended to support the development of important research projects.
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- Falk Fichtner
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany,
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- Center for Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- AWMF-Institute for Medical Knowledge Management (AWMF-IMWi), AWMF-office Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Board of Directors, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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Mellenthin MM, Mueller JL, de Camargo EDLB, de Moura FS, Santos TBR, Lima RG, Hamilton SJ, Muller PA, Alsaker M. The ACE1 Electrical Impedance Tomography System for Thoracic Imaging. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT 2019; 68:3137-3150. [PMID: 33223563 PMCID: PMC7678726 DOI: 10.1109/tim.2018.2874127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The design and performance of the ACE1 (Active Complex Electrode) electrical impedance tomography system for single-ended phasic voltage measurements is presented. The design of the hardware and calibration procedures allow for reconstruction of conductivity and permittivity images. Phase measurement is achieved with the ACE1 active electrode circuit which measures the amplitude and phase of the voltage and the applied current at the location at which current is injected into the body. An evaluation of the system performance under typical operating conditions includes details of demodulation and calibration and an in-depth look at insightful metrics, such as signal-to-noise ratio variations during a single current pattern. Static and dynamic images of conductivity and permittivity are presented from ACE1 data collected on tank phantoms and human subjects to illustrate the system's utility.
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- Department of Mathematics and School of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, CO 80523 USA
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- Center for Engineering, Modeling and Applied Social Sciences, Federal University of ABC, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science; Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 53233 USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University, CO 80523 USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, C0, 80523 USA
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Electrical Impedance Tomography for Cardio-Pulmonary Monitoring. J Clin Med 2019; 8:jcm8081176. [PMID: 31394721 PMCID: PMC6722958 DOI: 10.3390/jcm8081176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a bedside monitoring tool that noninvasively visualizes local ventilation and arguably lung perfusion distribution. This article reviews and discusses both methodological and clinical aspects of thoracic EIT. Initially, investigators addressed the validation of EIT to measure regional ventilation. Current studies focus mainly on its clinical applications to quantify lung collapse, tidal recruitment, and lung overdistension to titrate positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and tidal volume. In addition, EIT may help to detect pneumothorax. Recent studies evaluated EIT as a tool to measure regional lung perfusion. Indicator-free EIT measurements might be sufficient to continuously measure cardiac stroke volume. The use of a contrast agent such as saline might be required to assess regional lung perfusion. As a result, EIT-based monitoring of regional ventilation and lung perfusion may visualize local ventilation and perfusion matching, which can be helpful in the treatment of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
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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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Monitoring changes in distribution of pulmonary ventilation by functional electrical impedance tomography in anaesthetized ponies. Vet Anaesth Analg 2019; 46:200-208. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaa.2018.09.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Revised: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bachmann MC, Morais C, Bugedo G, Bruhn A, Morales A, Borges JB, Costa E, Retamal J. Electrical impedance tomography in acute respiratory distress syndrome. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2018; 22:263. [PMID: 30360753 PMCID: PMC6203288 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-018-2195-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a clinical entity that acutely affects the lung parenchyma, and is characterized by diffuse alveolar damage and increased pulmonary vascular permeability. Currently, computed tomography (CT) is commonly used for classifying and prognosticating ARDS. However, performing this examination in critically ill patients is complex, due to the need to transfer these patients to the CT room. Fortunately, new technologies have been developed that allow the monitoring of patients at the bedside. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a monitoring tool that allows one to evaluate at the bedside the distribution of pulmonary ventilation continuously, in real time, and which has proven to be useful in optimizing mechanical ventilation parameters in critically ill patients. Several clinical applications of EIT have been developed during the last years and the technique has been generating increasing interest among researchers. However, among clinicians, there is still a lack of knowledge regarding the technical principles of EIT and potential applications in ARDS patients. The aim of this review is to present the characteristics, technical concepts, and clinical applications of EIT, which may allow better monitoring of lung function during ARDS.
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- M Consuelo Bachmann
- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Acute Respiratory and Critical Illness Center (ARCI), Santiago, Chile
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- Divisao de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coracao (Incor), Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Acute Respiratory and Critical Illness Center (ARCI), Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Acute Respiratory and Critical Illness Center (ARCI), Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento Enfermedades Respiratorias, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Divisao de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coracao (Incor), Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Hedenstierna Laboratory, Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Divisao de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coracao (Incor), Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. .,Acute Respiratory and Critical Illness Center (ARCI), Santiago, Chile.
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Linnane MP, Caruana LR, Tronstad O, Corley A, Spooner AJ, Barnett AG, Thomas PJ, Walsh JR. A comparison of the effects of manual hyperinflation and ventilator hyperinflation on restoring end-expiratory lung volume after endotracheal suctioning: A pilot physiologic study. J Crit Care 2018; 49:77-83. [PMID: 30388492 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2018.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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PURPOSE Endotracheal suctioning (ES) of mechanically ventilated patients decreases end-expiratory lung volume (EELV). Manual hyperinflation (MHI) and ventilator hyperinflation (VHI) may restore EELV post-ES but it remains unknown which method is most effective. The primary aim was to compare the efficacy of MHI and VHI in restoring EELV post-ES. MATERIALS AND METHODS ES was performed on mechanically ventilated intensive care patients, followed by MHI or VHI, in a randomised crossover design. The washout period between interventions was 1 h. End-expiratory lung impedance (EELI), measured by electrical impedance tomography, was recorded at baseline, during ES, during hyperinflation and 1, 5, 15 and 30 min post-hyperinflation. RESULTS Nine participants were studied. ES decreased EELI by 1672z (95% CI, 1204 to 2140) from baseline. From baseline, MHI increased EELI by 1154z (95% CI, 977 to 1330) while VHI increased EELI by 769z (95% CI, 457 to 1080). Five minutes post-VHI, EELI remained 528z (95% CI, 4 to 1053) above baseline. Fifteen minutes post-MHI, EELI remained 351z (95% CI, 111 to 592) above baseline. At subsequent time-points, EELI returned to baseline. CONCLUSIONS MHI and VHI effectively restore EELV above baseline post-ES and should be considered post suctioning.
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- Matthew P Linnane
- Critical Care Research Group, The Prince Charles Hospital and University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4032, Australia; Physiotherapy Department, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4032, Australia.
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- Critical Care Research Group, The Prince Charles Hospital and University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4032, Australia; Physiotherapy Department, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4032, Australia.
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- Critical Care Research Group, The Prince Charles Hospital and University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4032, Australia; Physiotherapy Department, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4032, Australia.
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- Critical Care Research Group, The Prince Charles Hospital and University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4032, Australia.
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia.
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia.
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- Physiotherapy Department, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia.
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- Physiotherapy Department, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4032, Australia; School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4215, Australia.
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