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Florio G, Valsecchi C, Vivona L, Battistin M, Colombo SM, Cattaneo E, Protti I, DI Feliciantonio M, Castelli G, Dondossola D, Biancolilli O, Carlin A, Gatti S, Pesenti AM, Zanella A, Grasselli G. Enhanced extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal by acidification and metabolic control. Minerva Anestesiol 2023; 89:773-782. [PMID: 36951601 DOI: 10.23736/s0375-9393.23.17142-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) promotes protective ventilation in patients with acute respiratory failure, but devices with high CO2 extraction capacity are required for clinically relevant impact. This study evaluates three novel low-flow techniques based on dialysate acidification, also combined with renal replacement therapy, and metabolic control. METHODS Eight swine were connected to a low-flow (350 mL/min) extracorporeal circuit including a dialyzer with a closed-loop dialysate circuit, and two membrane lungs on blood (MLb) and dialysate (MLd), respectively. The following 2-hour steps were performed: 1) MLb-start (MLb ventilated); 2) MLbd-start (MLb and MLd ventilated); 3) HLac (lactic acid infusion before MLd); 4) HCl-NaLac (hydrochloric acid infusion before MLd combined with renal replacement therapy and reinfusion of sodium lactate); 5) HCl-βHB-NaLac (hydrochloric acid infusion before MLd combined with renal replacement therapy and reinfusion of sodium lactate and sodium 3-hydroxybutyrate). Caloric and fluid inputs, temperature, blood glucose and arterial carbon dioxide pressure were kept constant. RESULTS The total MLs CO2 removal in HLac (130±25 mL/min), HCl-NaLac (130±21 mL/min) and HCl-βHB-NaLac (124±18 mL/min) were higher compared with MLbd-start (81±15 mL/min, P<0.05) and MLb-start (55±7 mL/min, P<0.05). Minute ventilation in HLac (4.3±0.9 L/min), HCl-NaLac (3.6±0.8 L/min) and HCl-βHB-NaLac (3.6±0.8 L/min) were lower compared to MLb-start (6.2±1.1 L/min, P<0.05) and MLbd-start (5.8±2.1 L/min, P<0.05). Arterial pH was 7.40±0.03 at MLb-start and decreased only during HCl-βHB-NaLac (7.35±0.03, P<0.05). No relevant changes in electrolyte concentrations, hemodynamics and significant adverse events were detected. CONCLUSIONS The three techniques achieved a significant extracorporeal CO2 removal allowing a relevant reduction in minute ventilation with a sufficient safety profile.
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- Gaetano Florio
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Center for Preclinical Research, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Liver Transplant and General Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Center for Preclinical Research, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy -
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Zanella A, Pesenti A, Busana M, De Falco S, Di Girolamo L, Scotti E, Protti I, Colombo SM, Scaravilli V, Biancolilli O, Carlin A, Gori F, Battistin M, Dondossola D, Pirrone F, Salerno D, Gatti S, Grasselli G. A Minimally Invasive and Highly Effective Extracorporeal CO2 Removal Device Combined With a Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy. Crit Care Med 2022; 50:e468-e476. [PMID: 35044966 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000005428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal is used to treat patients suffering from acute respiratory failure. However, the procedure is hampered by the high blood flow required to achieve a significant CO2 clearance. We aimed to develop an ultralow blood flow device to effectively remove CO2 combined with continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). DESIGN Preclinical, proof-of-concept study. SETTING An extracorporeal circuit where 200 mL/min of blood flowed through a hemofilter connected to a closed-loop dialysate circuit. An ion-exchange resin acidified the dialysate upstream, a membrane lung to increase Pco2 and promote CO2 removal. PATIENTS Six, 38.7 ± 2.0-kg female pigs. INTERVENTIONS Different levels of acidification were tested (from 0 to 5 mEq/min). Two l/hr of postdilution CRRT were performed continuously. The respiratory rate was modified at each step to maintain arterial Pco2 at 50 mm Hg. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Increasing acidification enhanced CO2 removal efficiency of the membrane lung from 30 ± 5 (0 mEq/min) up to 145 ± 8 mL/min (5 mEq/min), with a 483% increase, representing the 73% ± 7% of the total body CO2 production. Minute ventilation decreased accordingly from 6.5 ± 0.7 to 1.7 ± 0.5 L/min. No major side effects occurred, except for transient tachycardia episodes. As expected from the alveolar gas equation, the natural lung Pao2 dropped at increasing acidification steps, given the high dissociation between the oxygenation and CO2 removal capability of the device, thus Pao2 decreased. CONCLUSIONS This new extracorporeal ion-exchange resin-based multiple-organ support device proved extremely high efficiency in CO2 removal and continuous renal support in a preclinical setting. Further studies are required before clinical implementation.
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Fischbach A, Traeger L, Farinelli WA, Ezaka M, Wanderley HV, Wiegand SB, Franco W, Bagchi A, Bloch DB, Anderson RR, Zapol WM. Hyperbaric phototherapy augments blood carbon monoxide removal. Lasers Surg Med 2021; 54:426-432. [PMID: 34658052 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.23486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is responsible for nearly 50,000 emergency department visits and 1200 deaths per year. Compared to oxygen, CO has a 250-fold higher affinity for hemoglobin (Hb), resulting in the displacement of oxygen from Hb and impaired oxygen delivery to tissues. Optimal treatment of CO-poisoned patients involves the administration of hyperbaric 100% oxygen to remove CO from Hb and to restore oxygen delivery. However, hyperbaric chambers are not widely available and this treatment requires transporting a CO-poisoned patient to a specialized center, which can result in delayed treatment. Visible light is known to dissociate CO from carboxyhemoglobin (COHb). In a previous study, we showed that a system composed of six photo-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) devices efficiently removes CO from a large animal with CO poisoning. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the application of hyperbaric oxygen to the photo-ECMO device would further increase the rate of CO elimination. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIAL AND METHODS We developed a hyperbaric photo-ECMO device and assessed the ability of the device to remove CO from CO-poisoned human blood. We combined four devices into a "hyperbaric photo-ECMO system" and compared its ability to remove CO to our previously described photo-ECMO system, which was composed of six devices ventilated with normobaric oxygen. RESULTS Under normobaric conditions, an increase in oxygen concentration from 21% to 100% significantly increased CO elimination from CO-poisoned blood after a single pass through the device. Increased oxygen pressure within the photo-ECMO device was associated with higher exiting blood PO2 levels and increased CO elimination. The system of four hyperbaric photo-ECMO devices removed CO from 1 L of CO-poisoned blood as quickly as the original, normobaric photo-ECMO system composed of six devices. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates the feasibility and efficacy of using a hyperbaric photo-ECMO system to increase the rate of CO elimination from CO-poisoned blood. This technology could provide a simple portable emergency device and facilitate immediate treatment of CO-poisoned patients at or near the site of injury.
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- Anna Fischbach
- Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical, Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical, Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
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- Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical, Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical, Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical, Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA.,Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Department of Dermatology, General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical, Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical, Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Department of Dermatology, General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical, Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Alkaline Liquid Ventilation of the Membrane Lung for Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal (ECCO 2R): In Vitro Study. MEMBRANES 2021; 11:membranes11070464. [PMID: 34206672 PMCID: PMC8306443 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11070464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) is a promising strategy to manage acute respiratory failure. We hypothesized that ECCO2R could be enhanced by ventilating the membrane lung with a sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution with high CO2 absorbing capacity. A computed mathematical model was implemented to assess NaOH–CO2 interactions. Subsequently, we compared NaOH infusion, named “alkaline liquid ventilation”, to conventional oxygen sweeping flows. We built an extracorporeal circuit with two polypropylene membrane lungs, one to remove CO2 and the other to maintain a constant PCO2 (60 ± 2 mmHg). The circuit was primed with swine blood. Blood flow was 500 mL × min−1. After testing the safety and feasibility of increasing concentrations of aqueous NaOH (up to 100 mmol × L−1), the CO2 removal capacity of sweeping oxygen was compared to that of 100 mmol × L−1 NaOH. We performed six experiments to randomly test four sweep flows (100, 250, 500, 1000 mL × min−1) for each fluid plus 10 L × min−1 oxygen. Alkaline liquid ventilation proved to be feasible and safe. No damages or hemolysis were detected. NaOH showed higher CO2 removal capacity compared to oxygen for flows up to 1 L × min−1. However, the highest CO2 extraction power exerted by NaOH was comparable to that of 10 L × min−1 oxygen. Further studies with dedicated devices are required to exploit potential clinical applications of alkaline liquid ventilation.
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Respiratory Dialysis-A Novel Low Bicarbonate Dialysate to Provide Extracorporeal CO2 Removal. Crit Care Med 2021; 48:e592-e598. [PMID: 32304418 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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OBJECTIVES We designed a novel respiratory dialysis system to remove CO2 from blood in the form of bicarbonate. We aimed to determine if our respiratory dialysis system removes CO2 at rates comparable to low-flow extracorporeal CO2 removal devices (blood flow < 500 mL/min) in a large animal model. DESIGN Experimental study. SETTING Animal research laboratory. SUBJECTS Female Yorkshire pigs. INTERVENTIONS Five bicarbonate dialysis experiments were performed. Hypercapnia (PCO2 90-100 mm Hg) was established in mechanically ventilated swine by adjusting the tidal volume. Dialysis was then performed with a novel low bicarbonate dialysate. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS We measured electrolytes, blood gases, and plasma-free hemoglobin in arterial blood, as well as blood entering and exiting the dialyzer. We used a physical-chemical acid-base model to understand the factors influencing blood pH after bicarbonate removal. During dialysis, we removed 101 (±13) mL/min of CO2 (59 mL/min when normalized to venous PCO2 of 45 mm Hg), corresponding to a 29% reduction in PaCO2 (104.0 ± 8.1 vs 74.2 ± 8.4 mm Hg; p < 0.001). Minute ventilation and body temperature were unchanged during dialysis (1.2 ± 0.4 vs 1.1 ± 0.4 L/min; p = 1.0 and 35.3°C ± 0.9 vs 35.2°C ± 0.6; p = 1.0). Arterial pH increased after bicarbonate removal (7.13 ± 0.04 vs 7.21 ± 0.05; p < 0.001) despite no attempt to realkalinize the blood. Our modeling showed that dialysate electrolyte composition, plasma albumin, and plasma total CO2 accurately predict the measured pH of blood exiting the dialyser. However, the final effluent dose exceeded conventional doses, depleting plasma glucose and electrolytes, such as potassium and phosphate. CONCLUSIONS Bicarbonate dialysis results in CO2 removal at rates comparable with existing low-flow extracorporeal CO2 removal in a large animal model, but the final dialysis dose delivered needs to be reduced before the technique can be used for prolonged periods.
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Ficial B, Vasques F, Zhang J, Whebell S, Slattery M, Lamas T, Daly K, Agnew N, Camporota L. Physiological Basis of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal in Respiratory Failure. MEMBRANES 2021; 11:225. [PMID: 33810130 PMCID: PMC8004966 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11030225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) for severe respiratory failure has seen an exponential growth in recent years. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and extracorporeal CO2 removal (ECCO2R) represent two modalities that can provide full or partial support of the native lung function, when mechanical ventilation is either unable to achieve sufficient gas exchange to meet metabolic demands, or when its intensity is considered injurious. While the use of ECMO has defined indications in clinical practice, ECCO2R remains a promising technique, whose safety and efficacy are still being investigated. Understanding the physiological principles of gas exchange during respiratory ECLS and the interactions with native gas exchange and haemodynamics are essential for the safe applications of these techniques in clinical practice. In this review, we will present the physiological basis of gas exchange in ECMO and ECCO2R, and the implications of their interaction with native lung function. We will also discuss the rationale for their use in clinical practice, their current advances, and future directions.
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- Barbara Ficial
- Department of Adult Critical Care, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Health Partners, London SE1 7EH, UK; (B.F.); (F.V.); (J.Z.); (S.W.); (M.S.); (K.D.); (N.A.)
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- Department of Adult Critical Care, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Health Partners, London SE1 7EH, UK; (B.F.); (F.V.); (J.Z.); (S.W.); (M.S.); (K.D.); (N.A.)
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- Department of Adult Critical Care, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Health Partners, London SE1 7EH, UK; (B.F.); (F.V.); (J.Z.); (S.W.); (M.S.); (K.D.); (N.A.)
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- Department of Adult Critical Care, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Health Partners, London SE1 7EH, UK; (B.F.); (F.V.); (J.Z.); (S.W.); (M.S.); (K.D.); (N.A.)
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- Department of Adult Critical Care, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Health Partners, London SE1 7EH, UK; (B.F.); (F.V.); (J.Z.); (S.W.); (M.S.); (K.D.); (N.A.)
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- Department of Critical Care, Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Polivalente, Egas Moniz Hospital, Rua da Junqueira 126, 1300-019 Lisbon, Portugal;
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- Department of Adult Critical Care, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Health Partners, London SE1 7EH, UK; (B.F.); (F.V.); (J.Z.); (S.W.); (M.S.); (K.D.); (N.A.)
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- Department of Adult Critical Care, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Health Partners, London SE1 7EH, UK; (B.F.); (F.V.); (J.Z.); (S.W.); (M.S.); (K.D.); (N.A.)
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- Department of Adult Critical Care, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s Health Partners, London SE1 7EH, UK; (B.F.); (F.V.); (J.Z.); (S.W.); (M.S.); (K.D.); (N.A.)
- Division of Centre of Human Applied Physiological Sciences, King’s College London, London SE1 7EH, UK
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Giraud R, Banfi C, Assouline B, De Charrière A, Cecconi M, Bendjelid K. The use of extracorporeal CO 2 removal in acute respiratory failure. Ann Intensive Care 2021; 11:43. [PMID: 33709318 PMCID: PMC7951130 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-021-00824-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation and protective mechanical ventilation of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients induce hypercapnic respiratory acidosis. Main text Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) aims to eliminate blood CO2 to fight against the adverse effects of hypercapnia and related acidosis. Hypercapnia has deleterious extrapulmonary consequences, particularly for the brain. In addition, in the lung, hypercapnia leads to: lower pH, pulmonary vasoconstriction, increases in right ventricular afterload, acute cor pulmonale. Moreover, hypercapnic acidosis may further damage the lungs by increasing both nitric oxide production and inflammation and altering alveolar epithelial cells. During an exacerbation of COPD, relieving the native lungs of at least a portion of the CO2 could potentially reduce the patient's respiratory work, Instead of mechanically increasing alveolar ventilation with MV in an already hyperinflated lung to increase CO2 removal, the use of ECCO2R may allow a decrease in respiratory volume and respiratory rate, resulting in improvement of lung mechanic. Thus, the use of ECCO2R may prevent noninvasive ventilation failure and allow intubated patients to be weaned off mechanical ventilation. In ARDS patients, ECCO2R may be used to promote an ultraprotective ventilation in allowing to lower tidal volume, plateau (Pplat) and driving pressures, parameters that have identified as a major risk factors for mortality. However, although ECCO2R appears to be effective in improving gas exchange and possibly in reducing the rate of endotracheal intubation and allowing more protective ventilation, its use may have pulmonary and hemodynamic consequences and may be associated with complications. Conclusion In selected patients, ECCO2R may be a promising adjunctive therapeutic strategy for the management of patients with severe COPD exacerbation and for the establishment of protective or ultraprotective ventilation in patients with ARDS without prognosis-threatening hypoxemia.
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- Raphaël Giraud
- Intensive Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, 4, Rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland. .,Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland. .,Geneva Hemodynamic Research Group, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- University of Milan, Gruppo Ospedaliero San Donato, Milan, Italy.,Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Geneva Hemodynamic Research Group, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Intensive Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, 4, Rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Geneva Hemodynamic Research Group, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Intensive Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, 4, Rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Geneva Hemodynamic Research Group, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, IRCCS, via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, via Rita Levi Montalcini, Pieve Emanuele, 20090, Milan, Italy
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- Intensive Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, 4, Rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Geneva Hemodynamic Research Group, Geneva, Switzerland
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Extracorporeal Gas Exchange for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Open Questions, Controversies and Future Directions. MEMBRANES 2021; 11:membranes11030172. [PMID: 33670987 PMCID: PMC7997339 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11030172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO) in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) improves gas exchange and allows lung rest, thus minimizing ventilation-induced lung injury. In the last forty years, a major technological and clinical improvement allowed to dramatically improve the outcome of patients treated with V-V ECMO. However, many aspects of the care of patients on V-V ECMO remain debated. In this review, we will focus on main issues and controversies on caring of ARDS patients on V-V ECMO support. Particularly, the indications to V-V ECMO and the feasibility of a less invasive extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal will be discussed. Moreover, the controversies on management of mechanical ventilation, prone position and sedation will be explored. In conclusion, we will discuss evidences on transfusions and management of anticoagulation, also focusing on patients who undergo simultaneous treatment with ECMO and renal replacement therapy. This review aims to discuss all these clinical aspects with an eye on future directions and perspectives.
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Control for Carbon Dioxide Exchange Process in a Membrane Oxygenator Using Online Self-Tuning Fuzzy-PID Controller. Biomed Signal Process Control 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2020.102300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Gueret G, Le Maguet P, Fabre R, Laffon M. Carbon Dioxide Removal: Low Bicarbonate or H+ (Cl-) Addition? ASAIO J 2021; 67:e57. [PMID: 32947282 DOI: 10.1097/mat.0000000000001277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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- Gildas Gueret
- Service d'anesthésie, centre hospitalier de Cornouaille, Quimper, France
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- Service d'anesthésie, centre hospitalier de Cornouaille, Quimper, France
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- Service d'anesthésie, centre hospitalier de Cornouaille, Quimper, France
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- Département d'anesthésie réanimation, CHRU Clocheville, Tours, France
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Evaluation of a New Extracorporeal CO 2 Removal Device in an Experimental Setting. MEMBRANES 2020; 11:membranes11010008. [PMID: 33374762 PMCID: PMC7823796 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11010008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Background: Ultra-protective lung ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome or early weaning and/or avoidance of mechanical ventilation in decompensated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may be facilitated by the use of extracorporeal CO2 removal (ECCO2R). We tested the CO2 removal performance of a new ECCO2R (CO2RESET) device in an experimental animal model. Methods: Three healthy pigs were mechanically ventilated and connected to the CO2RESET device (surface area = 1.8 m2, EUROSETS S.r.l., Medolla, Italy). Respiratory settings were adjusted to induce respiratory acidosis with the adjunct of an external source of pure CO2 (target pre membrane lung venous PCO2 (PpreCO2): 80–120 mmHg). The amount of CO2 removed (VCO2, mL/min) by the membrane lung was assessed directly by the ECCO2R device. Results: Before the initiation of ECCO2R, the median PpreCO2 was 102.50 (95.30–118.20) mmHg. Using fixed incremental steps of the sweep gas flow and maintaining a fixed blood flow of 600 mL/min, VCO2 progressively increased from 0 mL/min (gas flow of 0 mL/min) to 170.00 (160.00–200.00) mL/min at a gas flow of 10 L/min. In particular, a high increase of VCO2 was observed increasing the gas flow from 0 to 2 L/min, then, VCO2 tended to progressively achieve a steady-state for higher gas flows. No animal or pump complications were observed. Conclusions: Medium-flow ECCO2R devices with a blood flow of 600 mL/min and a high surface membrane lung (1.8 m2) provided a high VCO2 using moderate sweep gas flows (i.e., >2 L/min) in an experimental swine models with healthy lungs.
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Schönhofer B, Geiseler J, Dellweg D, Fuchs H, Moerer O, Weber-Carstens S, Westhoff M, Windisch W. Prolonged Weaning: S2k Guideline Published by the German Respiratory Society. Respiration 2020; 99:1-102. [PMID: 33302267 DOI: 10.1159/000510085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Mechanical ventilation (MV) is an essential part of modern intensive care medicine. MV is performed in patients with severe respiratory failure caused by respiratory muscle insufficiency and/or lung parenchymal disease; that is, when other treatments such as medication, oxygen administration, secretion management, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), or nasal high-flow therapy have failed. MV is required for maintaining gas exchange and allows more time to curatively treat the underlying cause of respiratory failure. In the majority of ventilated patients, liberation or "weaning" from MV is routine, without the occurrence of any major problems. However, approximately 20% of patients require ongoing MV, despite amelioration of the conditions that precipitated the need for it in the first place. Approximately 40-50% of the time spent on MV is required to liberate the patient from the ventilator, a process called "weaning". In addition to acute respiratory failure, numerous factors can influence the duration and success rate of the weaning process; these include age, comorbidities, and conditions and complications acquired during the ICU stay. According to international consensus, "prolonged weaning" is defined as the weaning process in patients who have failed at least 3 weaning attempts, or require more than 7 days of weaning after the first spontaneous breathing trial (SBT). Given that prolonged weaning is a complex process, an interdisciplinary approach is essential for it to be successful. In specialised weaning centres, approximately 50% of patients with initial weaning failure can be liberated from MV after prolonged weaning. However, the heterogeneity of patients undergoing prolonged weaning precludes the direct comparison of individual centres. Patients with persistent weaning failure either die during the weaning process, or are discharged back to their home or to a long-term care facility with ongoing MV. Urged by the growing importance of prolonged weaning, this Sk2 Guideline was first published in 2014 as an initiative of the German Respiratory Society (DGP), in conjunction with other scientific societies involved in prolonged weaning. The emergence of new research, clinical study findings and registry data, as well as the accumulation of experience in daily practice, have made the revision of this guideline necessary. The following topics are dealt with in the present guideline: Definitions, epidemiology, weaning categories, underlying pathophysiology, prevention of prolonged weaning, treatment strategies in prolonged weaning, the weaning unit, discharge from hospital on MV, and recommendations for end-of-life decisions. Special emphasis was placed on the following themes: (1) A new classification of patient sub-groups in prolonged weaning. (2) Important aspects of pulmonary rehabilitation and neurorehabilitation in prolonged weaning. (3) Infrastructure and process organisation in the care of patients in prolonged weaning based on a continuous treatment concept. (4) Changes in therapeutic goals and communication with relatives. Aspects of paediatric weaning are addressed separately within individual chapters. The main aim of the revised guideline was to summarize both current evidence and expert-based knowledge on the topic of "prolonged weaning", and to use this information as a foundation for formulating recommendations related to "prolonged weaning", not only in acute medicine but also in the field of chronic intensive care medicine. The following professionals served as important addressees for this guideline: intensivists, pulmonary medicine specialists, anaesthesiologists, internists, cardiologists, surgeons, neurologists, paediatricians, geriatricians, palliative care clinicians, rehabilitation physicians, intensive/chronic care nurses, physiotherapists, respiratory therapists, speech therapists, medical service of health insurance, and associated ventilator manufacturers.
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- Bernd Schönhofer
- Klinikum Agnes Karll Krankenhaus, Klinikum Region Hannover, Laatzen, Germany,
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- Klinikum Vest, Medizinische Klinik IV: Pneumologie, Beatmungs- und Schlafmedizin, Marl, Germany
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- Fachkrankenhaus Kloster Grafschaft GmbH, Abteilung Pneumologie II, Schmallenberg, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Neonatologie und Pädiatrische Intensivmedizin, Freiburg, Germany
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- Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Göttingen, Germany
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- Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Klinik für Anästhesiologie mit Schwerpunkt operative Intensivmedizin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum und Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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- Lungenklinik Hemer, Hemer, Germany
- Universität Witten/Herdecke, Herdecke, Germany
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- Lungenklinik, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Herdecke, Germany
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Combes A, Schmidt M, Hodgson CL, Fan E, Ferguson ND, Fraser JF, Jaber S, Pesenti A, Ranieri M, Rowan K, Shekar K, Slutsky AS, Brodie D. Extracorporeal life support for adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Intensive Care Med 2020; 46:2464-2476. [PMID: 33140180 PMCID: PMC7605473 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-020-06290-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) can support gas exchange in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). During ECLS, venous blood is drained from a central vein via a cannula, pumped through a semipermeable membrane that permits diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide, and returned via a cannula to a central vein. Two related forms of ECLS are used. Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), which uses high blood flow rates to both oxygenate the blood and remove carbon dioxide, may be considered in patients with severe ARDS whose oxygenation or ventilation cannot be maintained adequately with best practice conventional mechanical ventilation and adjunctive therapies, including prone positioning. Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) uses lower blood flow rates through smaller cannulae and provides substantial CO2 elimination (~ 20–70% of total CO2 production), albeit with marginal improvement in oxygenation. The rationale for using ECCO2R in ARDS is to facilitate lung-protective ventilation by allowing a reduction of tidal volume, respiratory rate, plateau pressure, driving pressure and mechanical power delivered by the mechanical ventilator. This narrative review summarizes physiological concepts related to ECLS, as well as the rationale and evidence supporting ECMO and ECCO2R for the treatment of ARDS. It also reviews complications, limitations, and the ethical dilemmas that can arise in treating patients with ECLS. Finally, it discusses future key research questions and challenges for this technology.
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- Alain Combes
- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS_1166-ICAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, 75013, Paris, France. .,Service de Médecine Intensive-Réanimation, Institut de Cardiologie, APHP Sorbonne Université Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75013, Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, UMRS_1166-ICAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, 75013, Paris, France.,Service de Médecine Intensive-Réanimation, Institut de Cardiologie, APHP Sorbonne Université Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75013, Paris, France
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care-Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Interdepartmenal Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine and Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Critical Care Research Group, Adult Intensive Care Services, Northside Medical School, The Prince Charles Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), From the PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, Montpellier Cedex, France
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Intensive Care Unit, Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Clinical Trials Unit, Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC), London, UK
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- Adult Intensive Care Services, Critical Care Research Group, the Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,Queensland University of Technology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Keenan Centre for Biomedical Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Unity Health Toronto, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA.,Center for Acute Respiratory Failure, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA
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Zazzeron L, Fischbach A, Franco W, Farinelli WA, Ichinose F, Bloch DB, Anderson RR, Zapol WM. Phototherapy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation facilitate removal of carbon monoxide in rats. Sci Transl Med 2020; 11:11/513/eaau4217. [PMID: 31597752 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aau4217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Revised: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Inhaled carbon monoxide (CO) displaces oxygen from hemoglobin, reducing the capacity of blood to carry oxygen. Current treatments for CO-poisoned patients involve administration of 100% oxygen; however, when CO poisoning is associated with acute lung injury secondary to smoke inhalation, burns, or trauma, breathing 100% oxygen may be ineffective. Visible light dissociates CO from hemoglobin. We hypothesized that the exposure of blood to visible light while passing through a membrane oxygenator would increase the rate of CO elimination in vivo. We developed a membrane oxygenator with optimal characteristics to facilitate exposure of blood to visible light and tested the device in a rat model of CO poisoning, with or without concomitant lung injury. Compared to ventilation with 100% oxygen, the addition of extracorporeal removal of CO with phototherapy (ECCOR-P) doubled the rate of CO elimination in CO-poisoned rats with normal lungs. In CO-poisoned rats with acute lung injury, treatment with ECCOR-P increased the rate of CO removal by threefold compared to ventilation with 100% oxygen alone and was associated with improved survival. Further development and adaptation of this extracorporeal CO photo-removal device for clinical use may provide additional benefits for CO-poisoned patients, especially for those with concurrent acute lung injury.
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- Luca Zazzeron
- Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.,Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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This review focuses on the use of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory failure across all blood flow ranges. Starting with a short overview of historical development, aspects of the physiology of gas exchange (i.e., oxygenation and decarboxylation) during extracorporeal circulation are discussed. The mechanisms of phenomena such as recirculation and shunt playing an important role in daily clinical practice are explained.Treatment of refractory and symptomatic hypoxemic respiratory failure (e.g., acute respiratory distress syndrome [ARDS]) currently represents the main indication for high-flow veno-venous-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. On the other hand, lower-flow extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal might potentially help to avoid or attenuate ventilator-induced lung injury by allowing reduction of the energy load (i.e., driving pressure, mechanical power) transmitted to the lungs during mechanical ventilation or spontaneous ventilation. In the latter context, extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal plays an emerging role in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients during acute exacerbations. Both applications of extracorporeal lung support raise important ethical considerations, such as likelihood of ultimate futility and end-of-life decision-making. The review concludes with a brief overview of potential technical developments and persistent challenges.
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Cove M, Kellum JA. The End of the Bicarbonate Era? A Therapeutic Application of the Stewart Approach. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020; 201:757-758. [PMID: 31658424 PMCID: PMC7124708 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201910-2003ed] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Matthew Cove
- Department of MedicineNational University Health SystemSingapore, Singaporeand
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- Department of Critical Care MedicineUniversity of PittsburghPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Medar SS, Peek GJ, Rastogi D. Extracorporeal and advanced therapies for progressive refractory near-fatal acute severe asthma in children. Pediatr Pulmonol 2020; 55:1311-1319. [PMID: 32227683 PMCID: PMC9840523 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Asthma is the most common chronic illness and is one of the most common medical emergencies in children. Progressive refractory near-fatal asthma requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation can lead to death. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can provide adequate gas exchange during acute respiratory failure although data on outcomes in children requiring ECMO support for status asthmaticus is sparse with one study reporting survival rates of nearly 85% with asthma being one of the best outcome subsets for patients with refractory respiratory failure requiring ECMO support. We describe the current literature on the use of ECMO and other advanced extracorporeal therapies available for children with acute severe asthma. We also review other advanced invasive and noninvasive therapies in acute severe asthma both before and while on ECMO support.
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- Shivanand S Medar
- Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Shand's Children's Hospital, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida
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- Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children's National Health System, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC
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Ronco C, Bagshaw SM, Bellomo R, Clark WR, Husain-Syed F, Kellum JA, Ricci Z, Rimmelé T, Reis T, Ostermann M. Extracorporeal Blood Purification and Organ Support in the Critically Ill Patient during COVID-19 Pandemic: Expert Review and Recommendation. Blood Purif 2020; 50:17-27. [PMID: 32454500 PMCID: PMC7270067 DOI: 10.1159/000508125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Critically ill COVID-19 patients are generally admitted to the ICU for respiratory insufficiency which can evolve into a multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome requiring extracorporeal organ support. Ongoing advances in technology and science and progress in information technology support the development of integrated multi-organ support platforms for personalized treatment according to the changing needs of the patient. Based on pathophysiological derangements observed in COVID-19 patients, a rationale emerges for sequential extracorporeal therapies designed to remove inflammatory mediators and support different organ systems. In the absence of vaccines or direct therapy for COVID-19, extracorporeal therapies could represent an option to prevent organ failure and improve survival. The enormous demand in care for COVID-19 patients requires an immediate response from the scientific community. Thus, a detailed review of the available technology is provided by experts followed by a series of recommendation based on current experience and opinions, while waiting for generation of robust evidence from trials.
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- Claudio Ronco
- Department of Nephrology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- International Renal Research Institute (IRRIV), San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Centre for Integrated Critical Care, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Intensive Care, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Nephrology, Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Center for Critical Care Nephrology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Center for Critical Care Nephrology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
- EA 7426 "Pathophysiology of Injury-induced Immunosuppression", Pi3, Hospices Civils de Lyon - BioMérieux - Claude Bernard University Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Nephrology, Clinica de Doenças Renais de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
- Department of Critical Care, King's College London, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Critical Care, King's College London, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom,
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Zanella A, Caironi P, Castagna L, Rezoagli E, Salerno D, Scotti E, Scaravilli V, Deab SA, Langer T, Mauri T, Ferrari M, Dondossola D, Chiodi M, Zadek F, Magni F, Gatti S, Gattinoni L, Pesenti AM. Extracorporeal Chloride Removal by Electrodialysis. A Novel Approach to Correct Acidemia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020; 201:799-813. [DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201903-0538oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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- Alberto Zanella
- Department of Medical Physiopathology and Transplants, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Emergency
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- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Italy; Department of Oncology, University of Turin, Orbassano, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
- Regenerative Medicine Institute at CÚRAM Centre for Research in Medical Devices, and Discipline of Anaesthesia, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Galway University Hospitals, SAOLTA University Health Group, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Medical Physiopathology and Transplants, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Physiopathology and Transplants, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Emergency
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- Department of Medical Physiopathology and Transplants, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Emergency
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- Department of Medical Physiopathology and Transplants, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Physiopathology and Transplants, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- General and Liver Transplant Surgery Unit, and
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- Department of Medical Physiopathology and Transplants, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Physiopathology and Transplants, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Intensive Care, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy; and
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- Center for Preclinical Research, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Physiopathology and Transplants, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Emergency
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Staudinger T. Update on extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal: a comprehensive review on principles, indications, efficiency, and complications. Perfusion 2020; 35:492-508. [PMID: 32156179 DOI: 10.1177/0267659120906048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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TECHNOLOGY Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal means the removal of carbon dioxide from the blood across a gas exchange membrane without substantially improving oxygenation. Carbon dioxide removal is possible with substantially less extracorporeal blood flow than needed for oxygenation. Techniques for extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal include (1) pumpless arterio-venous circuits, (2) low-flow venovenous circuits based on the technology of continuous renal replacement therapy, and (3) venovenous circuits based on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation technology. INDICATIONS Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal has been shown to enable more protective ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients, even beyond the so-called "protective" level. Although experimental data suggest a benefit on ventilator induced lung injury, no hard clinical evidence with respect to improved outcome exists. In addition, extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal is a tool to avoid intubation and mechanical ventilation in patients with acute exacerbated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease failing non-invasive ventilation. This concept has been shown to be effective in 56-90% of patients. Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal has also been used in ventilated patients with hypercapnic respiratory failure to correct acidosis, unload respiratory muscle burden, and facilitate weaning. In patients suffering from terminal fibrosis awaiting lung transplantation, extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal is able to correct acidosis and enable spontaneous breathing during bridging. Keeping these patients awake, ambulatory, and breathing spontaneously is associated with favorable outcome. COMPLICATIONS Complications of extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal are mostly associated with vascular access and deranged hemostasis leading to bleeding. Although the spectrum of complications may differ, no technology offers advantages with respect to rate and severity of complications. So called "high-extraction systems" working with higher blood flows and larger membranes may be more effective with respect to clinical goals.
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- Thomas Staudinger
- Department of Medicine I, Intensive Care Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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Huber W, Ruiz de Garibay AP. Options in extracorporeal support of multiple organ failure. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed 2020; 115:28-36. [PMID: 32095838 PMCID: PMC7220977 DOI: 10.1007/s00063-020-00658-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Multiorgan failure is among the most frequent reasons of death in critically ill patients. Based on extensive and long-term use of renal replacement therapy, extracorporeal organ support became available for other organ failures. Initially, most of these techniques (e.g. extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, extracorporeal CO2 removal [ECCO2R] and extracorporeal liver support) were used as stand-alone single organ support systems. Considering multiple interactions between native organs (“crosstalk”), combined or integrated extracorporeal organ support (ECOS) devices are intriguing. The concept of multiple organ support therapy (MOST) providing simultaneous and combined support for different failing organs was described more than 15 years ago by Ronco and Bellomo. This concept also implicates overcoming the “compartmentalized” approach provided by different single organ specialized professionals by a multidisciplinary and multiprofessional strategy. The idea of MOST is supported by the failure of several recent studies on single organ support including liver and lung support. Improvement of outcome by ECOS necessarily depends on optimized patient selection, integrated organ support and limitation of its side effects. This implicates challenges for engineers, industry and healthcare professionals. From a technical viewpoint, modular combination of pre-existing technologies such as renal replacement, albumin-dialysis, ECCO2R and potentially cytokine elimination can be considered as a first step. While this allows for stepwise and individual combination of standard organ support facilities, it carries the disadvantage of large extracorporeal blood volume and surfaces as well as additive costs. The more intriguing next step is an integrated platform providing the capacity of multiple organ support within one device. (This article is freely available.)
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- W Huber
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin II, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, 81675, München, Germany.
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Gross-Hardt S, Hesselmann F, Arens J, Steinseifer U, Vercaemst L, Windisch W, Brodie D, Karagiannidis C. Low-flow assessment of current ECMO/ECCO 2R rotary blood pumps and the potential effect on hemocompatibility. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2019; 23:348. [PMID: 31694688 PMCID: PMC6836552 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-019-2622-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Background Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) uses an extracorporeal circuit to directly remove carbon dioxide from the blood either in lieu of mechanical ventilation or in combination with it. While the potential benefits of the technology are leading to increasing use, there are very real risks associated with it. Several studies demonstrated major bleeding and clotting complications, often associated with hemolysis and poorer outcomes in patients receiving ECCO2R. A better understanding of the risks originating specifically from the rotary blood pump component of the circuit is urgently needed. Methods High-resolution computational fluid dynamics was used to calculate the hemodynamics and hemocompatibility of three current rotary blood pumps for various pump flow rates. Results The hydraulic efficiency dramatically decreases to 5–10% if operating at blood flow rates below 1 L/min, the pump internal flow recirculation rate increases 6–12-fold in these flow ranges, and adverse effects are increased due to multiple exposures to high shear stress. The deleterious consequences include a steep increase in hemolysis and destruction of platelets. Conclusions The role of blood pumps in contributing to adverse effects at the lower blood flow rates used during ECCO2R is shown here to be significant. Current rotary blood pumps should be used with caution if operated at blood flow rates below 2 L/min, because of significant and high recirculation, shear stress, and hemolysis. There is a clear and urgent need to design dedicated blood pumps which are optimized for blood flow rates in the range of 0.5–1.5 L/min.
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- Sascha Gross-Hardt
- Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Medical Faculty, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Medical Faculty, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Medical Faculty, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Medical Faculty, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Perfusion, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, ARDS and ECMO Center, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Witten/Herdecke University Hospital, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, 51109, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Acute Respiratory Failure, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, ARDS and ECMO Center, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Witten/Herdecke University Hospital, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, 51109, Cologne, Germany.
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Takahashi N, Nakada TA, Sakai T, Kato Y, Moriyama K, Nishida O, Oda S. A CO 2 removal system using extracorporeal lung and renal assist device with an acid and alkaline infusion. J Artif Organs 2019; 23:54-61. [PMID: 31584110 DOI: 10.1007/s10047-019-01136-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The patients with respiratory failure need high tidal volume by mechanical ventilation, which lead to the ventilator-induced lung injury. We developed an extracorporeal lung and renal assist device (ELRAD), comprising acid infusion, membrane lung, continuous hemodiafiltration and alkaline infusion. To evaluate this system, we conducted in vivo studies using experimental swine which were connected to the new system. In vivo experiments consist of four protocols; baseline = hemodiafiltration only (no O2 gas flow to membrane lung); membrane lung = "Baseline" plus O2 gas flow to membrane lung; "Acid infusion" = "Membrane lung" plus continuous acid infusion; ELRAD = "Acid infusion" plus continuous alkaline infusion. We changed the ventilatory rate of the mechanical ventilation to maintain PCO2 at 50-55 mmHg during the four protocols. The results showed that there was statistically no significant difference in the levels of pH, HCO3-, and base excess when each study protocol was initiated. The amount of CO2 eliminated by the membrane lung significantly increased by 1.6 times in the acid infusion protocol and the ELRAD protocol compared to the conventional membrane lung protocol. Minute ventilation in the ELRAD protocol significantly decreased by 0.5 times compared with the hemodiafiltration only protocol (P < 0.0001), the membrane lung (P = 0.0006) and acid infusion protocol (P = 0.0017), respectively. In conclusion, a developed CO2 removal system efficiently removed CO2 at low blood flow and reduced minute ventilation, while maintaining acid-base balance within the normal range.
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- Nozomi Takahashi
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Laboratory for Immune Response and Regulatory Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
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Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal for lowering the risk of mechanical ventilation: research questions and clinical potential for the future. THE LANCET RESPIRATORY MEDICINE 2019; 6:874-884. [PMID: 30484429 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(18)30326-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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As a result of technical improvements, extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) now has the potential to play an important role in the management of adults with acute respiratory failure. There is growing interest in the use of ECCO2R for the management of both hypoxaemic and hypercapnic respiratory failure. However, evidence to support its use is scarce and several questions remain about the best way to implement this therapy, which can be associated with serious side-effects. This Review reflects the consensus opinion of an international group of clinician scientists with expertise in managing acute respiratory failure and in using ECCO2R therapies in this setting. We concisely review clinically relevant aspects of ECCO2R, and provide a series of recommendations for clinical practice and future research, covering topics that include the practicalities of ECCO2R delivery, indications for use, and service delivery.
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[Current techniques for extracorporeal decarboxylation]. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed 2019; 114:733-740. [PMID: 31020339 DOI: 10.1007/s00063-019-0567-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The widespread use of extracorporeal lung assist (ECLA) in recent years has led to the introduction of different decarboxylation systems into clinical practice. Due to the large CO2 transport capacity of the blood such systems require considerably lower extracorporeal blood flows and therefore allow for effective decarboxylation with reduced invasiveness and complexity. While systems derived from classical lung assist are mainly used to control severe acute hypercapnic respiratory failure, recently a growing number of therapies based on renal replacement platforms have become available ("respiratory dialysis"). Such low-flow systems still allow for effective partial CO2 elimination and can control respiratory acidosis as well as facilitate or even enable protective and ultraprotective ventilation strategies in acute lung failure (ARDS). While the use of extracorporeal CO2 elimination (ECCO2R) has been shown to decrease ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI), positive effects on hard clinical endpoints such as mortality or duration of mechanical ventilation are still unproven. In light of limited evidence, ECCO2R must be regarded as an experimental procedure. Its use should therefore at present be restricted to centers with appropriate experience.
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Vu LH, Kellum JA, Federspiel WJ, Cove ME. Carbon dioxide removal using low bicarbonate dialysis in rodents. Perfusion 2019; 34:578-583. [DOI: 10.1177/0267659119839284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal may be used to manage hypercapnia, but compared to dialysis, it’s not widely available. A recent in vitro study showed that dialysis with low bicarbonate dialysates removes CO2. Objective: To show that bicarbonate dialysis removes CO2 in an animal model to validate in-vitro findings and quantify the effect on arterial pH. Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley hypercapnic rats were dialyzed with either a conventional dialysate (PrismasolTM) or a bicarbonate-free dialysate (Bicarb0). The effect of dialysis on standard blood gases and electrolytes was measured. Results: Partial pressure of CO2 and bicarbonate concentration in blood decreased significantly after exposure to Bicarb0 compared to PrismasolTM (filter outflow values 12.8 vs 81.1 mmHg; p < 0.01 for CO2 and 3.5 vs 22.0 mmol/L; p < 0.01 for bicarbonate). Total CO2 content of blood was reduced by 459 mL/L during dialysis with Bicarb0 (filter inflow 546 ± 91 vs filter outflow 87 ± 52 mL/L; p < 0.01), but was not significantly reduced with PrismasolTM. Conclusions: Bicarbonate dialysis removes CO2 at rates comparable to existing low-flow ECCO2R.
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- Lien H Vu
- Division of Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care and Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Center for Critical Care Nephrology, Clinical Research Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness (CRISMA) Center, Department of Critical Care, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Departments of Bioengineering and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care and Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Center for Critical Care Nephrology, Clinical Research Investigation and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness (CRISMA) Center, Department of Critical Care, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Strassmann S, Merten M, Schäfer S, de Moll J, Brodie D, Larsson A, Windisch W, Karagiannidis C. Impact of sweep gas flow on extracorporeal CO 2 removal (ECCO 2R). Intensive Care Med Exp 2019; 7:17. [PMID: 30911910 PMCID: PMC6434004 DOI: 10.1186/s40635-019-0244-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Veno-venous extracorporeal carbon dioxide (CO2) removal (vv-ECCO2R) is increasingly being used in the setting of acute respiratory failure. Blood flow rates range in clinical practice from 200 mL/min to more than 1500 mL/min, and sweep gas flow rates range from less than 1 to more than 10 L/min. The present porcine model study was aimed at determining the impact of varying sweep gas flow rates on CO2 removal under different blood flow conditions and membrane lung surface areas. METHODS Two different membrane lungs, with surface areas of 0.4 and 0.8m2, were used in nine pigs with experimentally-induced hypercapnia. During each experiment, the blood flow was increased stepwise from 300 to 900 mL/min, with further increases up to 1800 mL/min with the larger membrane lung in steps of 300 mL/min. Sweep gas was titrated under each condition from 2 to 8 L/min in steps of 2 L/min. Extracorporeal CO2 elimination was normalized to a PaCO2 of 45 mmHg before the membrane lung. RESULTS Reversal of hypercapnia was only feasible when blood flow rates above 900 mL/min were used with a membrane lung surface area of at least 0.8m2. The membrane lung with a surface of 0.4m2 allowed a maximum normalized CO2 elimination rate of 41 ± 6 mL/min with 8 L/min sweep gas flow and 900 mL blood flow/min. The increase in sweep gas flow from 2 to 8 L/min increased normalized CO2 elimination from 35 ± 5 to 41 ± 6 with 900 mL blood flow/min, whereas with lower blood flow rates, any increase was less effective, levelling out at 4 L sweep gas flow/min. The membrane lung with a surface area of 0.8m2 allowed a maximum normalized CO2 elimination rate of 101 ± 12 mL/min with increasing influence of sweep gas flow. The delta of normalized CO2 elimination increased from 4 ± 2 to 26 ± 7 mL/min with blood flow rates being increased from 300 to 1800 mL/min, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The influence of sweep gas flow on the CO2 removal capacity of ECCO2R systems depends predominantly on blood flow rate and membrane lung surface area. In this model, considerable CO2 removal occurred only with the larger membrane lung surface of 0.8m2 and when blood flow rates of ≥ 900 mL/min were used.
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- Stephan Strassmann
- Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, ARDS and ECMO Centre, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Witten/Herdecke University Hospital, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, D-51109, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, ARDS and ECMO Centre, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Witten/Herdecke University Hospital, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, D-51109, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, ARDS and ECMO Centre, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Witten/Herdecke University Hospital, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, D-51109, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, ARDS and ECMO Centre, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Witten/Herdecke University Hospital, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, D-51109, Cologne, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Hedenstierna Laboratory, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, ARDS and ECMO Centre, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Witten/Herdecke University Hospital, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, D-51109, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, ARDS and ECMO Centre, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Witten/Herdecke University Hospital, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, D-51109, Cologne, Germany.
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Karagiannidis C, Hesselmann F, Fan E. Physiological and Technical Considerations of Extracorporeal CO 2 Removal. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2019; 23:75. [PMID: 30849995 PMCID: PMC6408850 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-019-2367-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Other selected articles can be found online at https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2019. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/8901.
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- Christian Karagiannidis
- Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, ARDS and ECMO Centre, Witten/Herdecke University Hospital, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, D-51109, Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto and the Extracorporeal Life Support Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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Extracorporeal Carbon Dioxide Removal. CRITICAL CARE NEPHROLOGY 2019. [PMCID: PMC7969728 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-44942-7.00124-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mechanical ventilation (MV) represents a lifesaving treatment for patients with respiratory failure, but it could be harmful through the development of ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). In patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), protective MV strategies with low tidal volume to minimize VILI have been demonstrated to reduce lung injury and mortality. However, they can be limited by the emergence of uncontrolled hypercapnia. Similarly, in COPD patients, noninvasive MV failure often is associated with a progressive rise in arterial CO2 and need for endotracheal intubation, with higher risk of hospital mortality. Minimally invasive extracorporeal CO2 removal systems (ECCO2R) theoretically can remove the entire amount of the CO2 produced in the body per minute. In ARDS patients, ECCO2R may further reduce the risk of VILI ensuring ultraprotective MV and avoiding hypercapnia. In patients with exacerbation of COPD, ECCO2R may help to avoid intubation or facilitate weaning from invasive MV. In intensive care unit, concomitant renal and respiratory failure with MV is one of the strongest risk factors for hospital mortality. Combining ECCO2R and renal replacement therapy may support respiratory and renal functions and limit the side effects of MV. However, the need for systemic anticoagulation and the related risk of bleeding still represent a concern for a wider application of ECCO2R devices. In conclusion, ECCO2R is an effective support therapy to MV to limit its invasiveness and side effects, but its efficacy and safety must be proven in well-designed clinical trials. This chapter will:Explain the physiology of CO2 removal during extracorporeal support. Describe potential clinical applications of extracorporeal CO2 removal systems (ECCO2R) support therapy in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as well as in those with acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy.
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Extracorporeal gas exchange is increasingly used for various indications. Among these are refractory acute respiratory failure, including the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and the avoidance of ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) by enabling lung-protective ventilation. Additionally, extracorporeal gas exchange allows the treatment of hypercapnic respiratory failure while helping to unload the respiratory muscles and avoid intubation and invasive ventilation, as well as facilitating weaning from the ventilator. These indications are based on a reasonable physiologic rationale but must be weighed against the costs and complications associated with the technique. This article summarizes current evidence and indications for extracorporeal gas exchange.
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Moerer O, Harnisch LO, Barwing J, Heise D, Heuer JF, Quintel M. Minimal-flow ECCO2R in patients needing CRRT does not facilitate lung-protective ventilation. J Artif Organs 2018; 22:68-76. [DOI: 10.1007/s10047-018-1068-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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May AG, Jeffries RG, Frankowski BJ, Burgreen GW, Federspiel WJ. Bench Validation of a Compact Low-Flow CO 2 Removal Device. Intensive Care Med Exp 2018; 6:34. [PMID: 30251223 PMCID: PMC6153260 DOI: 10.1186/s40635-018-0200-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background There is increasing evidence demonstrating the value of partial extracorporeal CO2 removal (ECCO2R) for the treatment of hypercapnia in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Mechanical ventilation has traditionally been used to treat hypercapnia in these patients, however, it has been well-established that aggressive ventilator settings can lead to ventilator-induced lung injury. ECCO2R removes CO2 independently of the lungs and has been used to permit lung protective ventilation to prevent ventilator-induced lung injury, prevent intubation, and aid in ventilator weaning. The Low-Flow Pittsburgh Ambulatory Lung (LF-PAL) is a low-flow ECCO2R device that integrates the fiber bundle (0.65 m2) and centrifugal pump into a compact unit to permit patient ambulation. Methods A blood analog was used to evaluate the performance of the pump at various impeller rotation rates. In vitro CO2 removal tested under normocapnic conditions and 6-h hemolysis testing were completed using bovine blood. Computational fluid dynamics and a mass-transfer model were also used to evaluate the performance of the LF-PAL. Results The integrated pump was able to generate flows up to 700 mL/min against the Hemolung 15.5 Fr dual lumen catheter. The maximum vCO2 of 105 mL/min was achieved at a blood flow rate of 700 mL/min. The therapeutic index of hemolysis was 0.080 g/(100 min). The normalized index of hemolysis was 0.158 g/(100 L). Conclusions The LF-PAL met pumping, CO2 removal, and hemolysis design targets and has the potential to enable ambulation while on ECCO2R.
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- Alexandra G May
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.,McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3025 East Carson Street, Suite 226, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, USA
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- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3025 East Carson Street, Suite 226, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
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- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3025 East Carson Street, Suite 226, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, USA
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- Computational Fluid Dynamics Group, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA. .,McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3025 East Carson Street, Suite 226, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, USA. .,Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA. .,Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA.
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Intermittent extracorporeal CO2 removal in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: a fiction or an option. Curr Opin Crit Care 2018; 24:29-34. [PMID: 29135616 DOI: 10.1097/mcc.0000000000000471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Aim of this article is to review evidence recently generated on the application of extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requiring mechanical ventilation (invasive and non invasive) for hypercapnic respiratory failure. RECENT FINDINGS To date, the paucity of evidences on ECCO2R to decrease the rate of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) failure and to wean hypercapnic patients from invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) precludes to systematically apply this technology to COPD patients. SUMMARY Although several efforts have been made to reduce invasiveness and to improve the efficiency of extracorporeal systems, further randomized studies are needed to assess the effects of this technique on both short-term and long-term clinical outcomes.
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Takahashi N, Nakada TA, Oda S. Efficient CO 2 removal using extracorporeal lung and renal assist device. J Artif Organs 2018; 21:427-434. [PMID: 29980955 DOI: 10.1007/s10047-018-1058-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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We developed a novel system comprising acid infusion, membrane lung, and a continuous renal replacement therapy console for efficient CO2 removal at a low blood flow. To evaluate the new system, we used an ex vivo experimental model using swine blood. A liter of aliquoted blood adjusted to pH 7.25 and pCO2 65 mm Hg was mixed with acid (0, 10, or 20 mL of lactic or hydrochloric acid [1 mol/L]) and was immediately delivered to the system in a single pass. We collected blood samples at each point of the circuit and calculated the amount of CO2 eliminated by the membrane lung. The new system removed 13.2 ± 0.8, 32.0 ± 2.1, and 51.6 ± 3.7 mL/min of CO2 (with 0, 10, and 20 mEq/L of lactic acid) and 21.2 ± 1.2, 27.3 ± 0.3, and 42.0 ± 1.3 mL/min (with 0, 10, and 20 mEq/L of hydrochloric acid), respectively. The levels of lactate and Cl- ions for acid-base equilibrium were restored after continuous hemodiafiltration. Thus, the amount of CO2 eliminated by the membrane lung was 3.9 times higher with lactic acid and 2.0 times higher with hydrochloric acid compared with non-acid controls. In conclusion, this easy-to-setup CO2 removal system was safe, effective, and removed CO2 at a low blood flow.
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- Nozomi Takahashi
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan.
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
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The Evolution of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Adult Respiratory Failure. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2018; 15:S57-S60. [DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201705-386kv] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Pettenuzzo T, Fan E, Del Sorbo L. Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2018; 6:31. [PMID: 29430448 PMCID: PMC5799148 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2017.12.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) has been proposed as an adjunctive intervention to avoid worsening respiratory acidosis, thereby preventing or shortening the duration of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This review will present a comprehensive summary of the pathophysiological rationale and clinical evidence of ECCO2R in patients suffering from severe COPD exacerbations.
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- Tommaso Pettenuzzo
- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- The Extracorporeal Life Support Program and Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- The Extracorporeal Life Support Program and Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- The Extracorporeal Life Support Program and Department of Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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Yan J, Lai CH, Lung SCC, Chen C, Wang WC, Huang PI, Lin CH. Industrial PM 2.5 cause pulmonary adverse effect through RhoA/ROCK pathway. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 599-600:1658-1666. [PMID: 28535594 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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According to the Chinese Ministry of Health, industrial pollution-induced health impacts have been the leading cause of death in China. While industrial fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is associated with adverse health effects, the major action mechanisms of different compositions of PM2.5 are currently unclear. In this study, we treated normal human lung epithelial BEAS-2B cells with industrial organic and water-soluble PM2.5 extracts under daily alveolar deposition dose to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying adverse pulmonary effects induced by PM2.5, including oxidative damage, inflammatory response, lung epithelial barrier dysfunction, and the recruitment of macrophages. We found that water-soluble PM2.5 extracts caused more severe cytotoxic effects on BEAS-2B cells compared with that of organic extracts. Both organic and water-soluble PM2.5 extracts induced activation of the RhoA/ROCK pathway. Inflammatory response, epithelial barrier dysfunction, and the activation of NF-кB caused by both PM2.5 extracts were attenuated by ROCK inhibitor Y-27632. This indicated that both PM2.5 extracts could cause damage to epithelial cells through RhoA/ROCK-dependent NF-кB activation. Furthermore, the upregulation of macrophage adhesion induced by both PM2.5 extracts was also attenuated by Y-27632 in a co-culture model of macrophages and the epithelial cells. Therefore, our results support that industrial PM2.5 extracts-induced activation of the RhoA/ROCK-dependent NF-кB pathway induces pulmonary adverse effect. Thus, pharmacological inhibition of ROCK activation might have therapeutic potential in preventing lung disease associated with PM2.5.
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- Junyan Yan
- Key Laboratory of Nano-Bio Interface, Division of Nanobiomedicine, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- Department of Safety Health and Environmental Engineering, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung 40601, Taiwan
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215009, China
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- Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Formosa University, Yunlin 63208, Taiwan
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Formosa University, Yunlin 63208, Taiwan.
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Pesenti A, Carlesso E, Langer T, Mauri T. Ventilation during extracorporeal support. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed 2017; 113:26-30. [DOI: 10.1007/s00063-017-0384-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Bhatt N, Osborn E. Extracorporeal Gas Exchange: The Expanding Role of Extracorporeal Support in Respiratory Failure. Clin Chest Med 2017; 37:765-780. [PMID: 27842755 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2016.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The use of extracorporeal support is expanding quickly in adult respiratory failure. Extracorporeal gas exchange is an accepted rescue therapy for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in select patients. Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal is also being investigated as a preventative, preemptive, and management platform in patients with respiratory failure other than severe ARDS. The non-ARDS patient population is much larger, so the potential for rapid growth is high. This article hopes to inform decisions about the use of extracorporeal support by increasing understanding concerning the past and present practice of extracorporeal gas exchange.
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- Nikunj Bhatt
- Department of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Walter Reed National Medical Center, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA; Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, 4103 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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- Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, 4103 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA; Pulmonary Critical Care Sleep Medicine, Ft Belvoir Community Hospital, 9300 Dewitt Loop, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060, USA; Medical Corps, United States Army, Fort Belvoir, VA, USA.
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Jeffries RG, Lund L, Frankowski B, Federspiel WJ. An extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO 2R) device operating at hemodialysis blood flow rates. Intensive Care Med Exp 2017; 5:41. [PMID: 28875449 PMCID: PMC5585119 DOI: 10.1186/s40635-017-0154-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) systems have gained clinical appeal as supplemental therapy in the treatment of acute and chronic respiratory injuries with low tidal volume or non-invasive ventilation. We have developed an ultra-low-flow ECCO2R device (ULFED) capable of operating at blood flows comparable to renal hemodialysis (250 mL/min). Comparable operating conditions allow use of minimally invasive dialysis cannulation strategies with potential for direct integration to existing dialysis circuitry. Methods A carbon dioxide (CO2) removal device was fabricated with rotating impellers inside an annular hollow fiber membrane bundle to disrupt blood flow patterns and enhance gas exchange. In vitro gas exchange and hemolysis testing was conducted at hemodialysis blood flows (250 mL/min). Results In vitro carbon dioxide removal rates up to 75 mL/min were achieved in blood at normocapnia (pCO2 = 45 mmHg). In vitro hemolysis (including cannula and blood pump) was comparable to a Medtronic Minimax oxygenator control loop using a time-of-therapy normalized index of hemolysis (0.19 ± 0.04 g/100 min versus 0.12 ± 0.01 g/100 min, p = 0.169). Conclusions In vitro performance suggests a new ultra-low-flow extracorporeal CO2 removal device could be utilized for safe and effective CO2 removal at hemodialysis flow rates using simplified and minimally invasive connection strategies.
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- R Garrett Jeffries
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3025 E Carson St, Suite 226, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, USA
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- ALung Technologies, Inc., 2500 Jane Street, Suite 1, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, USA
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- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3025 E Carson St, Suite 226, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. .,McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3025 E Carson St, Suite 226, Pittsburgh, PA, 15203, USA. .,Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. .,Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Karagiannidis C, Strassmann S, Brodie D, Ritter P, Larsson A, Borchardt R, Windisch W. Impact of membrane lung surface area and blood flow on extracorporeal CO 2 removal during severe respiratory acidosis. Intensive Care Med Exp 2017; 5:34. [PMID: 28766276 PMCID: PMC5539069 DOI: 10.1186/s40635-017-0147-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Veno-venous extracorporeal CO2 removal (vv-ECCO2R) is increasingly being used in the setting of acute respiratory failure. Blood flow rates through the device range from 200 ml/min to more than 1500 ml/min, and the membrane surface areas range from 0.35 to 1.3 m2. The present study in an animal model with similar CO2 production as an adult patient was aimed at determining the optimal membrane lung surface area and technical requirements for successful vv-ECCO2R. METHODS Four different membrane lungs, with varying lung surface areas of 0.4, 0.8, 1.0, and 1.3m2 were used to perform vv-ECCO2R in seven anesthetized, mechanically ventilated, pigs with experimentally induced severe respiratory acidosis (pH 7.0-7.1) using a 20Fr double-lumen catheter with a sweep gas flow rate of 8 L/min. During each experiment, the blood flow was increased stepwise from 250 to 1000 ml/min. RESULTS Amelioration of severe respiratory acidosis was only feasible when blood flow rates from 750 to 1000 ml/min were used with a membrane lung surface area of at least 0.8 m2. Maximal CO2 elimination was 150.8 ml/min, with pH increasing from 7.01 to 7.30 (blood flow 1000 ml/min; membrane lung 1.3 m2). The membrane lung with a surface of 0.4 m2 allowed a maximum CO2 elimination rate of 71.7 mL/min, which did not result in the normalization of pH, even with a blood flow rate of 1000 ml/min. Also of note, an increase of the surface area above 1.0 m2 did not result in substantially higher CO2 elimination rates. The pressure drop across the oxygenator was considerably lower (<10 mmHg) in the largest membrane lung, whereas the smallest revealed a pressure drop of more than 50 mmHg with 1000 ml blood flow/min. CONCLUSIONS In this porcine model, vv-ECCO2R was most effective when using blood flow rates ranging between 750 and 1000 ml/min, with a membrane lung surface of at least 0.8 m2. In contrast, low blood flow rates (250-500 ml/min) were not sufficient to completely correct severe respiratory acidosis, irrespective of the surface area of the membrane lung being used. The converse was also true, low surface membrane lungs (0.4 m2) were not capable of completely correcting severe respiratory acidosis across the range of blood flows used in this study.
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- Christian Karagiannidis
- Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, ARDS and ECMO Centre, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Witten/Herdecke University Hospital, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, D-51109, Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, ARDS and ECMO Centre, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Witten/Herdecke University Hospital, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, D-51109, Cologne, Germany
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, NY, USA
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- Hedenstierna Laboratory, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Cologne-Merheim Hospital, ARDS and ECMO Centre, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Witten/Herdecke University Hospital, Ostmerheimer Strasse 200, D-51109, Cologne, Germany
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This review documents important progress made in 2015 in the field of critical care. Significant advances in 2015 included further evidence for early implementation of low tidal volume ventilation as well as new insights into the role of open lung biopsy, diaphragmatic dysfunction, and a potential mechanism for ventilator-induced fibroproliferation. New therapies, including a novel low-flow extracorporeal CO2 removal technique and mesenchymal stem cell-derived microparticles, have also been studied. Several studies examining the role of improved diagnosis and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia also showed relevant results. This review examines articles published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and other major journals that have made significant advances in the field of critical care in 2015.
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- Martin Dres
- 1 Department of Critical Care, St. Michael's Hospital and the Critical Illness and Injury Research Centre, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,2 Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care and
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- 3 Servei de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
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- 1 Department of Critical Care, St. Michael's Hospital and the Critical Illness and Injury Research Centre, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,2 Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care and.,4 Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
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Combes A, Pesenti A, Ranieri VM. Fifty Years of Research in ARDS. Is Extracorporeal Circulation the Future of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Management? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2017; 195:1161-1170. [PMID: 28459322 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201701-0217cp] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Mechanical ventilation (MV) remains the cornerstone of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) management. It guarantees sufficient alveolar ventilation, high FiO2 concentration, and high positive end-expiratory pressure levels. However, experimental and clinical studies have accumulated, demonstrating that MV also contributes to the high mortality observed in patients with ARDS by creating ventilator-induced lung injury. Under these circumstances, extracorporeal lung support (ECLS) may be beneficial in two distinct clinical settings: to rescue patients from the high risk for death associated with severe hypoxemia, hypercapnia, or both not responding to maximized conventional MV, and to replace MV and minimize/abolish the harmful effects of ventilator-induced lung injury. High extracorporeal blood flow venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may therefore rescue the sickest patients with ARDS from the high risk for death associated with severe hypoxemia, hypercapnia, or both not responding to maximized conventional MV. Successful venovenous ECMO treatment in patients with extremely severe H1N1-associated ARDS and positive results of the CESAR trial have led to an exponential use of the technology in recent years. Alternatively, lower-flow extracorporeal CO2 removal devices may be used to reduce the intensity of MV (by reducing Vt from 6 to 3-4 ml/kg) and to minimize or even abolish the harmful effects of ventilator-induced lung injury if used as an alternative to conventional MV in nonintubated, nonsedated, and spontaneously breathing patients. Although conceptually very attractive, the use of ECLS in patients with ARDS remains controversial, and high-quality research is needed to further advance our knowledge in the field.
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- Alain Combes
- 1 Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.,2 Sorbonne University Paris, INSERM, UMRS 1166-ICAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Paris, France
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- 3 Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.,4 Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; and
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- 5 Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Spontaneous Breathing during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Acute Respiratory Failure. Anesthesiology 2017; 126:678-687. [PMID: 28212205 DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000001546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND We evaluate the clinical feasibility of spontaneous breathing on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and the interactions between artificial and native lungs in patients bridged to lung transplant or with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or acute respiratory distress syndrome. METHODS The clinical course of a total of 48 patients was analyzed. Twenty-three of 48 patients were enrolled in the prospective study (nine bridged to lung transplant, six COPD, and eight acute respiratory distress syndrome). The response to the carbon dioxide removal was evaluated in terms of respiratory rate and esophageal pressure swings by increasing ("relief" threshold) and decreasing ("distress" threshold) the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation gas flow, starting from baseline condition. RESULTS Considering all 48 patients, spontaneous breathing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was performed in 100% bridge to lung transplant (9 of 9 extubated), 86% COPD (5 of 6 extubated), but 27% acute respiratory distress syndrome patients (6 of 8 extubated; P < 0.001) and was maintained for 92, 69, and 38% of the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation days (P = 0.021), respectively. In all the 23 patients enrolled in the study, gas flow increase (from 2.3 ± 2.2 to 9.2 ± 3.2 l/min) determined a decrease of both respiratory rate (from 29 ± 6 to 8 ± 9 breaths/min) and esophageal pressure swings (from 20 ± 9 to 4 ± 4 cm H2O; P < 0.001 for all). All COPD and bridge to lung transplant patients were responders (reached the relief threshold), while 50% of acute respiratory distress syndrome patients were nonresponders. CONCLUSIONS Carbon dioxide removal through extracorporeal membrane oxygenation relieves work of breathing and permits extubation in many patients, mainly bridge to lung transplant and COPD. Only few patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome were able to perform the spontaneous breathing trial, and in about 50% of these, removal of large amount of patient's carbon dioxide production was not sufficient to prevent potentially harmful spontaneous respiratory effort.
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[The role of extracorporeal removal of CO 2 (ECCO 2R) in the management of respiratory diseases]. Rev Mal Respir 2017; 34:598-606. [PMID: 28506729 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmr.2017.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The aim of extracorporeal removal of CO2 (ECCO2R) is to ensure the removal of CO2 without any significant effect on oxygenation. ECCO2R makes use of low to moderate extracorporeal blood flow rates, whereas extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) requires high blood flows. STATE OF THE ART For each ECCO2R device it is important to consider not only performance in terms of CO2 removal, but also cost and safety, including the incidence of hemolysis and of hemorrhagic and thrombotic complications. In addition, it is possible that the benefits of such techniques may extend beyond simple removal of CO2. There have been preliminary reports of benefits in terms of reduced respiratory muscle workload. Mobilization of endothelial progenitor cells could also occur, in analogy to the data reported with ECMO, with a potential benefit in term of pulmonary repair. The most convincing clinical experience has been reported in the context of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and severe acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), especially in patients at high risk of failure of non-invasive ventilation. PERSPECTIVES Preliminary results prompt the initiation of randomized controlled trials in these two main indications. Finally, the development of these technologies opens new perspectives in terms of long-term ventilatory support.
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Morelli A, Del Sorbo L, Pesenti A, Ranieri VM, Fan E. Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO 2R) in patients with acute respiratory failure. Intensive Care Med 2017; 43:519-530. [PMID: 28132075 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-016-4673-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 12/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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PURPOSE To review the available knowledge related to the use of ECCO2R as adjuvant strategy to mechanical ventilation (MV) in various clinical settings of acute respiratory failure (ARF). METHODS Expert opinion and review of the literature. RESULTS ECCO2R may be a promising adjuvant therapeutic strategy for the management of patients with severe exacerbations of COPD and for the achievement of protective or ultra-protective ventilation in patients with ARDS without life-threatening hypoxemia. Given the observational nature of most of the available clinical data and differences in technical features and performances of current devices, the balance of risks and benefits for or against ECCO2R in such patient populations remains unclear CONCLUSIONS: ECCO2R is currently an experimental technique rather than an accepted therapeutic strategy in ARF-its safety and efficacy require confirmation in clinical trials.
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- Andrea Morelli
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Policlinico Umberto 1, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Extracorporeal Life Support Program, Toronto General Hospital, 585 University Avenue, PMB 11-123, Toronto, ON, M5G 2N2, Canada
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- Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospendale Maggiore Policlinico and Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Policlinico Umberto 1, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. .,Extracorporeal Life Support Program, Toronto General Hospital, 585 University Avenue, PMB 11-123, Toronto, ON, M5G 2N2, Canada.
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We previously described a highly efficient extracorporeal CO2 removal technique called respiratory electrodialysis (R-ED). Respiratory electrodialysis was composed of a hemodiafilter and a membrane lung (ML) positioned along the extracorporeal blood circuit, and an electrodialysis (ED) cell positioned on the hemodiafiltrate. The ED regionally increased blood chloride concentration to convert bicarbonate to CO2 upstream the ML, thus enhancing ML CO2 extraction (VCO2ML). In this in vitro study, with an aqueous polyelectrolytic carbonated solution mimicking blood, we tested a new R-ED setup, featuring an ML positioned on the hemodiafiltrate after the ED, at increasing ED current levels (0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 A). We measured VCO2ML, electrolytes concentrations, and pH of the extracorporeal circuit. Raising levels of ED-current increased chloride concentration from 107.5 ± 1.6 to 114.6 ± 1.3 mEq/L (0 vs. 8 A, p < 0.001) and reduced pH from 7.48 ± 0.01 to 6.51 ± 0.05 (0 vs. 8 A, p < 0.001) of the hemodiafiltrate entering the ML. Subsequently, VCO2ML increased from 27 ± 1.7 to 91.3 ± 1.5 ml/min (0 vs. 8 A, p < 0.001). Respiratory electrodialysis is efficient in increasing VCO2ML of an extracorporeal circuit featuring an ML perfused by hemodiafiltrate. During R-ED, the VCO2ML can be significantly enhanced by increasing the ED current.
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Schmidt M, Spieth PM, Zanella A. Will all ARDS patients be receiving mechanical ventilation in 2035? No. Intensive Care Med 2016; 43:570-572. [PMID: 27515159 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-016-4487-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Matthieu Schmidt
- Medical, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, iCAN, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 47, bd de l'Hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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Trahanas JM, Lynch WR, Bartlett RH. Extracorporeal Support for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Bright Future. J Intensive Care Med 2016; 32:411-420. [PMID: 27509917 DOI: 10.1177/0885066616663119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In the past the only option for the treatment of respiratory failure due to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (aeCOPD) was invasive mechanical ventilation. In recent decades, the potential for extracorporeal carbon dioxide (CO2) removal has been realized. We review the various types of extracorporeal CO2 removal, outline the optimal use of these therapies for aeCOPD, and make suggestions for future controlled trials. We also describe the advantages and requirements for an ideal long-term ambulatory CO2 removal system for palliation of COPD.
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- John M Trahanas
- 1 Department of Surgery, Extracorporeal Life Support Laboratory, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.,2 Department of Surgery, Section of General Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- 1 Department of Surgery, Extracorporeal Life Support Laboratory, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.,3 Department of Surgery, Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- 1 Department of Surgery, Extracorporeal Life Support Laboratory, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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The Goldilocks Principle, Carbon Dioxide, and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right? Anesthesiology 2016; 124:532-4. [PMID: 26709573 DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000000996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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