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Trieu M, Qadir N. Adjunctive Therapies in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Crit Care Clin 2024; 40:329-351. [PMID: 38432699 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2023.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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Despite significant advances in understanding acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), mortality rates remain high. The appropriate use of adjunctive therapies can improve outcomes, particularly for patients with moderate to severe hypoxia. In this review, the authors discuss the evidence basis behind prone positioning, recruitment maneuvers, neuromuscular blocking agents, corticosteroids, pulmonary vasodilators, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and considerations for their use in individual patients and specific clinical scenarios. Because the heterogeneity of ARDS poses challenges in finding universally effective treatments, an individualized approach and continued research efforts are crucial for optimizing the utilization of adjunctive therapies and improving patient outcomes.
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- Megan Trieu
- Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Sleep Medicine and Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9300 Campus Point Drive, #7381, La Jolla, CA 92037-1300, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Room 43-229 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
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Bajon F, Gauthier V. Management of refractory hypoxemia using recruitment maneuvers and rescue therapies: A comprehensive review. Front Vet Sci 2023; 10:1157026. [PMID: 37065238 PMCID: PMC10098094 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1157026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023] Open
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Refractory hypoxemia in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome treated with mechanical ventilation is one of the most challenging conditions in human and veterinary intensive care units. When a conventional lung protective approach fails to restore adequate oxygenation to the patient, the use of recruitment maneuvers and positive end-expiratory pressure to maximize alveolar recruitment, improve gas exchange and respiratory mechanics, while reducing the risk of ventilator-induced lung injury has been suggested in people as the open lung approach. Although the proposed physiological rationale of opening and keeping open previously collapsed or obstructed airways is sound, the technique for doing so, as well as the potential benefits regarding patient outcome are highly controversial in light of recent randomized controlled trials. Moreover, a variety of alternative therapies that provide even less robust evidence have been investigated, including prone positioning, neuromuscular blockade, inhaled pulmonary vasodilators, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and unconventional ventilatory modes such as airway pressure release ventilation. With the exception of prone positioning, these modalities are limited by their own balance of risks and benefits, which can be significantly influenced by the practitioner's experience. This review explores the rationale, evidence, advantages and disadvantages of each of these therapies as well as available methods to identify suitable candidates for recruitment maneuvers, with a summary on their application in veterinary medicine. Undoubtedly, the heterogeneous and evolving nature of acute respiratory distress syndrome and individual lung phenotypes call for a personalized approach using new non-invasive bedside assessment tools, such as electrical impedance tomography, lung ultrasound, and the recruitment-to-inflation ratio to assess lung recruitability. Data available in human medicine provide valuable insights that could, and should, be used to improve the management of veterinary patients with severe respiratory failure with respect to their intrinsic anatomy and physiology.
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Sun Q, Zhou C, Chase JG. Parameter updating of a patient-specific lung mechanics model for optimising mechanical ventilation. Biomed Signal Process Control 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2020.102003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Sun L, Wu L, Zhang K, Tan R, Bai J, Zhang M, Zheng J. Lung ultrasound evaluation of incremental PEEP recruitment maneuver in children undergoing cardiac surgery. Pediatr Pulmonol 2020; 55:1273-1281. [PMID: 32150673 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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AIM To explore the effect of incremental positive end-expiratory pressure recruitment maneuver (iPEEPRM) in children with congenital heart diseases (CHDs) using lung ultrasound. METHODS Thirty-six children aged 3 months to 5 years scheduled for cardiac surgery participated. iPEEPRM was performed with PEEP stepwise increase (0-5-10-15 cmH2 O) and decrease at the same rate before and after surgery. Atelectatic areas, ultrasound scores, arterial oxygen pressure (PaO2 ), and respiratory system dynamic compliance per kilogram body weight (CDyn/kg) were analyzed before and after iPEEPRM. The primary outcome is the incidence of atelectasis. Secondary outcomes are oxygenation, ventilation, CDyn/kg, and atelectasis area. RESULTS iPEEPRM was successfully applied in 92% (33/36) children before surgery and 71% (24/34) children after surgery. The incidence of atelectasis was significantly reduced by iPEEPRM from 76% to 15% before surgery and from 92% to 38% after surgery, respectively (P < .001). Before surgery, iPEEPRM significantly reduced atelectatic areas and ultrasound scores: 32.5 (0-128.1) mm2 vs 0 (0-0) mm2 and 8 (3-12) vs 2 (0-4). PaO2 and CDyn/kg were significantly increased after iPEEPRM: 243 (129-275) mm Hg vs 278 (207-323) mm Hg and 0.6 (0.4-0.7) mL/cmH2 O/kg vs 0.8 (0.6-1.0) mL/cmH2 O/kg. After surgery, iPEEPRM significantly reduced atelectatic areas and ultrasound scores: 45.7 (13.1-115.8) mm2 vs 0 (0-34.7) mm2 , and 9 (6-12) vs 3 (0-5). PaO2 and CDyn/kg were also significantly increased after iPEEPRM. CONCLUSIONS iPEEPRM effectively reduced atelectasis, improved lung aeration, oxygenation, and CDyn/kg in children undergoing cardiac surgery.
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- Liping Sun
- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center Affiliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center Affiliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center Affiliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Zhucheng People's Hospital, Zhucheng, Shandong, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center Affiliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory, Shanghai Children's Medical Center Affiliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory, Shanghai Children's Medical Center Affiliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Hodgson CL, Cooper DJ, Arabi Y, King V, Bersten A, Bihari S, Brickell K, Davies A, Fahey C, Fraser J, McGuinness S, Murray L, Parke R, Paul E, Tuxen D, Vallance S, Young M, Nichol A. Maximal Recruitment Open Lung Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (PHARLAP). A Phase II, Multicenter Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020; 200:1363-1372. [PMID: 31356105 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201901-0109oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Rationale: Open lung ventilation strategies have been recommended in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).Objectives: To determine whether a maximal lung recruitment strategy reduces ventilator-free days in patients with ARDS.Methods: A phase II, multicenter randomized controlled trial in adults with moderate to severe ARDS. Patients received maximal lung recruitment, titrated positive end expiratory pressure and further Vt limitation, or control "protective" ventilation.Measurements and Main Results: The primary outcome was ventilator-free days at Day 28. Secondary outcomes included mortality, barotrauma, new use of hypoxemic adjuvant therapies, and ICU and hospital stay. Enrollment halted October 2, 2017, after publication of ART (Alveolar Recruitment for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Trial), when 115 of a planned 340 patients had been randomized (57% male; mean age, 53.6 yr). At 28 days after randomization, there was no difference between the maximal lung recruitment and control ventilation strategies in ventilator-free days (median, 16 d [interquartile range (IQR), 0-21 d], n = 57, vs. 14.5 d [IQR, 0-21.5 d], n = 56; P = 0.95), mortality (24.6% [n = 14/56] vs. 26.8% [n = 15/56]; P = 0.79), or the rate of barotrauma (5.2% [n = 3/57] vs. 10.7% [n = 6/56]; P = 0.32). However, the intervention group showed reduced use of new hypoxemic adjuvant therapies (i.e., inhaled nitric oxide, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, prone; median change from baseline 0 [IQR, 0-1] vs. 1 [IQR, 0-1]; P = 0.004) and increased rates of new cardiac arrhythmia (n = 17 [29%] vs. n = 7 [13%]; P = 0.03).Conclusions: Compared with control ventilation, maximal lung recruitment did not reduce the duration of ventilation-free days or mortality and was associated with increased cardiovascular adverse events but lower use of hypoxemic adjuvant therapies.Clinical trial registered with www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT01667146).
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- Carol L Hodgson
- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Intensive Care Department, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences and.,King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Intensive Care Department, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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- Intensive Care Department, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia
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- University College Dublin Clinical Research Centre, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Intensive Care Department, Frankston Hospital, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
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- University College Dublin Clinical Research Centre, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Intensive Care Department, Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Queensland, Australia
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- Cardiothoracic and Vascular Intensive Care Unit, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; and
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Cardiothoracic and Vascular Intensive Care Unit, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; and
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Intensive Care Department, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Intensive Care Department, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,University College Dublin Clinical Research Centre, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.,Intensive Care Department, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Regli A, Pelosi P, Malbrain MLNG. Ventilation in patients with intra-abdominal hypertension: what every critical care physician needs to know. Ann Intensive Care 2019; 9:52. [PMID: 31025221 PMCID: PMC6484068 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-019-0522-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The incidence of intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) is high and still underappreciated by critical care physicians throughout the world. One in four to one in three patients will have IAH on admission, while one out of two will develop IAH within the first week of Intensive Care Unit stay. IAH is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Although considerable progress has been made over the past decades, some important questions remain regarding the optimal ventilation management in patients with IAH. An important first step is to measure intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). If IAH (IAP > 12 mmHg) is present, medical therapies should be initiated to reduce IAP as small reductions in intra-abdominal volume can significantly reduce IAP and airway pressures. Protective lung ventilation with low tidal volumes in patients with respiratory failure and IAH is important. Abdominal-thoracic pressure transmission is around 50%. In patients with IAH, higher positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) levels are often required to avoid alveolar collapse but the optimal PEEP in these patients is still unknown. During recruitment manoeuvres, higher opening pressures may be required while closely monitoring oxygenation and the haemodynamic response. During lung-protective ventilation, whilst keeping driving pressures within safe limits, higher plateau pressures than normally considered might be acceptable. Monitoring of the respiratory function and adapting the ventilatory settings during anaesthesia and critical care are of great importance. This review will focus on how to deal with the respiratory derangements in critically ill patients with IAH.
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- Adrian Regli
- Department of Intensive Care, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch Drive, Murdoch, WA 6152 Australia
- Medical School, Division of Emergency Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Sterling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009 Australia
- Medical School, The Notre Dame University, Henry Road, Fremantle, Perth, WA 6959 Australia
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- Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- San Martino Policlinico Hospital, IRCCS for Oncology and Neurosciences, Genoa, Italy
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- Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Brussels (UZB), Jette, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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Use of Recruitment Maneuvers in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Dimens Crit Care Nurs 2018; 37:135-143. [PMID: 29596290 DOI: 10.1097/dcc.0000000000000298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a deadly complication in critically ill patients that causes significant morbidity and mortality. Patients with ARDS are seen across intensive care unit settings, with treatment being largely supportive involving techniques through mechanical ventilation. Using low-tidal-volume ventilation is a standard of practice for patients with ARDS, as a lung protection strategy; however, alveolar decruitment may occur. Recruitment maneuvers can recruit collapsed alveoli and promote oxygenation. There are several methods of recruitment maneuvers-each with varying levels and durations of positive end-expiratory pressure. It is still uncertain which method is the best. The evidence for the efficacy of recruitment maneuvers has shown a decrease in intensive care unit mortality, but strong evidence is lacking for its routine use, and the decision to use recruitment maneuvers should be based on individual characteristics and responses. This article reviews management of ARDS, recruitment maneuver techniques, and clinical application through a case study.
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Verbeek GL, Myles PS, Westall GP, Lin E, Hastings SL, Marasco SF, Jaffar J, Meehan AC. Intra-operative protective mechanical ventilation in lung transplantation: a randomised, controlled trial. Anaesthesia 2017; 72:993-1004. [DOI: 10.1111/anae.13964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- G. L. Verbeek
- Department of Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine; The Alfred Hospital; Melbourne Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine; The Alfred Hospital; Melbourne Australia
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- Cardiothoracic Unit; The Alfred Hospital; Melbourne Australia
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- Cardiothoracic Unit; The Alfred Hospital; Melbourne Australia
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- Cardiothoracic Unit; The Alfred Hospital; Melbourne Australia
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- Cardiothoracic Unit; The Alfred Hospital; Melbourne Australia
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- Department of Immunology; Monash University; Melbourne Australia
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- Department of Immunology; Monash University; Melbourne Australia
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Santos RS, Moraes L, Samary CS, Santos CL, Ramos MBA, Vasconcellos AP, Horta LF, Morales MM, Capelozzi VL, Garcia CSNB, Marini JJ, Gama de Abreu M, Pelosi P, Silva PL, Rocco PRM. Fast Versus Slow Recruitment Maneuver at Different Degrees of Acute Lung Inflammation Induced by Experimental Sepsis. Anesth Analg 2016; 122:1089-100. [PMID: 26836136 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000001173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Large tidal volume (VT) breaths or "recruitment maneuvers" (RMs) are used commonly to open collapsed lungs, but their effectiveness may depend on how the RM is delivered. We hypothesized that a stepped approach to RM delivery ("slow" RM) compared with a nonstepped ("fast" RM), when followed by decremental positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) titration to lowest dynamic elastance, would (1) yield a more homogeneous inflation of the lungs, thus reducing the PEEP obtained during post-RM titration; (2) produce less lung morphofunctional injury, regardless of the severity of sepsis-induced acute lung inflammation; and (3) result in less biological damage in severe, but not in moderate, acute lung inflammation. METHODS Sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture surgery in 51 Wistar rats. After 48 hours, animals were anesthetized, mechanically ventilated (VT = 6 mL/kg), and stratified by PO2/fraction of inspired oxygen ratio into moderate (≥300) and severe (<300) acute lung inflammation groups. Each group was then subdivided randomly into 3 subgroups: (1) nonrecruited; (2) RM with continuous positive airway pressure (30 cm H2O for 30 seconds; CPAPRM or fast RM); and (3) RM with stepwise airway pressure increase (5 cm H2O/step, 8.5 seconds/step, 6 steps, 51 seconds; STEPRM or slow RM), with a maximum pressure hold for 10 seconds. All animals underwent decremental PEEP titration to determine the level of PEEP required to optimize dynamic compliance after RM and were then ventilated for 60 minutes with VT = 6 mL/kg, respiratory rate = 80 bpm, fraction of inspired oxygen = 0.4, and the newly adjusted PEEP for each animal. Respiratory mechanics, hemodynamics, and arterial blood gases were measured before and at the end of 60-minute mechanical ventilation. Lung histology and biological markers of inflammation and damage inflicted to endothelial cells were evaluated at the end of the 60-minute mechanical ventilation. RESULTS Respiratory system mean airway pressure was lower in STEPRM than that in CPAPRM. The total RM time was greater, and the RM rise angle was lower in STEPRM than that in CPAPRM. In both moderate and severe acute lung inflammation groups, STEPRM reduced total diffuse alveolar damage score compared with the score in nonrecruited rats. In moderate acute lung inflammation, STEPRM rats compared with CPAPRM rats had less endothelial cell damage and angiopoietin (Ang)-2 expression. In severe acute lung inflammation, STEPRM compared with CPAPRM reduced hyperinflation, endothelial cell damage, Ang-2, and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expressions. RM rise angle correlated with Ang-2 expression. CONCLUSIONS Compared with CPAPRM, STEPRM reduced biological markers associated with endothelial cell damage and ultrastructural endothelial cell injury in both moderate and severe sepsis-induced acute lung inflammation.
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- Raquel S Santos
- From the *Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics Institute, †Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, and ‡Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; §Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; ‖Rio de Janeiro Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ¶Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis/Regions Hospital, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, St Paul, Minnesota; #Pulmonary Engineering Group, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; and **IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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Santos RS, Silva PL, Pelosi P, Rocco PRM. Recruitment maneuvers in acute respiratory distress syndrome: The safe way is the best way. World J Crit Care Med 2015; 4:278-286. [PMID: 26557478 PMCID: PMC4631873 DOI: 10.5492/wjccm.v4.i4.278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2015] [Revised: 09/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) represents a serious problem in critically ill patients and is associated with in-hospital mortality rates of 33%-52%. Recruitment maneuvers (RMs) are a simple, low-cost, feasible intervention that can be performed at the bedside in patients with ARDS. RMs are characterized by the application of airway pressure to increase transpulmonary pressure transiently. Once non-aerated lung units are reopened, improvements are observed in respiratory system mechanics, alveolar reaeration on computed tomography, and improvements in gas exchange (functional recruitment). However, the reopening process could lead to vascular compression, which can be associated with overinflation, and gas exchange may not improve as expected (anatomical recruitment). The purpose of this review was to discuss the effects of different RM strategies - sustained inflation, intermittent sighs, and stepwise increases of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and/or airway inspiratory pressure - on the following parameters: hemodynamics, oxygenation, barotrauma episodes, and lung recruitability through physiological variables and imaging techniques. RMs and PEEP titration are interdependent events for the success of ventilatory management. PEEP should be adjusted on the basis of respiratory system mechanics and oxygenation. Recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses suggest that RMs are associated with lower mortality in patients with ARDS. However, the optimal RM method (i.e., that providing the best balance of benefit and harm) and the effects of RMs on clinical outcome are still under discussion, and further evidence is needed.
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Garnero A, Tuxen D, Corno G, Durand-Gasselin J, Hodgson C, Arnal JM. Dynamics of end expiratory lung volume after changing positive end-expiratory pressure in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients. Crit Care 2015; 19:340. [PMID: 26383835 PMCID: PMC4574463 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-015-1044-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 08/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Introduction Lung recruitment maneuvers followed by an individually titrated positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) are the key components of the open lung ventilation strategy in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The staircase recruitment maneuver is a step-by-step increase in PEEP followed by a decremental PEEP trial. The duration of each step is usually 2 minutes without physiologic rationale. Methods In this prospective study, we measured the dynamic end-expiratory lung volume changes (ΔEELV) during an increase and decrease in PEEP to determine the optimal duration for each step. PEEP was progressively increased from 5 to 40 cmH2O and then decreased from 40 to 5 cmH2O in steps of 5 cmH2O every 2.5 minutes. The dynamic of ΔEELV was measured by direct spirometry as the difference between inspiratory and expiratory tidal volumes over 2.5 minutes following each increase and decrease in PEEP. ΔEELV was separated between the expected increased volume, calculated as the product of the respiratory system compliance by the change in PEEP, and the additional volume. Results Twenty-six early onset moderate or severe ARDS patients were included. Data are expressed as median [25th-75th quartiles]. During the increase in PEEP, the expected increased volume was achieved within 2[2-2] breaths. During the decrease in PEEP, the expected decreased volume was achieved within 1 [1–1] breath, and 95 % of the additional decreased volume was achieved within 8 [2–15] breaths. Completion of volume changes in 99 % of both increase and decrease in PEEP events required 29 breaths. Conclusions In early ARDS, most of the ΔEELV occurs within the first minute, and change is completed within 2 minutes, following an increase or decrease in PEEP.
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- Aude Garnero
- Service de réanimation polyvalente, Hôpital Sainte Musse, 54 Avenue Henri Sainte Claire Deville, 83056, Toulon, France. .,Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia.
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- Department of Intensive Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Alfred Hospital, 55 Commercial Road, PO Box 315, Prahan, VIC, 3181, Australia.
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- Service de réanimation polyvalente, Hôpital Sainte Musse, 54 Avenue Henri Sainte Claire Deville, 83056, Toulon, France.
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- Service de réanimation polyvalente, Hôpital Sainte Musse, 54 Avenue Henri Sainte Claire Deville, 83056, Toulon, France.
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia.
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- Service de réanimation polyvalente, Hôpital Sainte Musse, 54 Avenue Henri Sainte Claire Deville, 83056, Toulon, France. .,Medical Research, Hamilton Medical, 8 Via Crusch, 7402, Bonaduz, Switzerland.
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van Drunen EJ, Chiew YS, Pretty C, Shaw GM, Lambermont B, Janssen N, Chase JG, Desaive T. Visualisation of time-varying respiratory system elastance in experimental ARDS animal models. BMC Pulm Med 2014; 14:33. [PMID: 24581274 PMCID: PMC4016000 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-14-33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) risk lung collapse, severely altering the breath-to-breath respiratory mechanics. Model-based estimation of respiratory mechanics characterising patient-specific condition and response to treatment may be used to guide mechanical ventilation (MV). This study presents a model-based approach to monitor time-varying patient-ventilator interaction to guide positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) selection. METHODS The single compartment lung model was extended to monitor dynamic time-varying respiratory system elastance, Edrs, within each breathing cycle. Two separate animal models were considered, each consisting of three fully sedated pure pietrain piglets (oleic acid ARDS and lavage ARDS). A staircase recruitment manoeuvre was performed on all six subjects after ARDS was induced. The Edrs was mapped across each breathing cycle for each subject. RESULTS Six time-varying, breath-specific Edrs maps were generated, one for each subject. Each Edrs map shows the subject-specific response to mechanical ventilation (MV), indicating the need for a model-based approach to guide MV. This method of visualisation provides high resolution insight into the time-varying respiratory mechanics to aid clinical decision making. Using the Edrs maps, minimal time-varying elastance was identified, which can be used to select optimal PEEP. CONCLUSIONS Real-time continuous monitoring of in-breath mechanics provides further insight into lung physiology. Therefore, there is potential for this new monitoring method to aid clinicians in guiding MV treatment. These are the first such maps generated and they thus show unique results in high resolution. The model is limited to a constant respiratory resistance throughout inspiration which may not be valid in some cases. However, trends match clinical expectation and the results highlight both the subject-specificity of the model, as well as significant inter-subject variability.
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Hodgson C, Carteaux G, Tuxen DV, Davies AR, Pellegrino V, Capellier G, Cooper DJ, Nichol A. Hypoxaemic rescue therapies in acute respiratory distress syndrome: Why, when, what and which one? Injury 2013; 44:1700-9. [PMID: 23261071 DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2012] [Revised: 11/12/2012] [Accepted: 11/20/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an inflammatory condition of the lungs which can result in refractory and life-threatening hypoxaemic respiratory failure. The risk factors for the development of ARDS are many but include trauma, multiple blood transfusions, burns and major surgery, therefore this condition is not uncommon in the severely injured patient. When ARDS is severe, high-inspired oxygen concentrations are frequently required to minimise hypoxaemia. In these situations clinicians commonly utilise interventions termed 'hypoxaemic rescue therapies' in an attempt to improve oxygenation, as without these, conventional mechanical ventilation can be associated with high mortality. However, their lack of efficacy on mortality when used prophylactically in generalised ARDS cohorts has resulted in their use being confined to clinical trials and the subset of ARDS patients with refractory hypoxaemia. First line hypoxaemic rescue therapies include inhaled nitric oxide, prone positioning, alveolar recruitment manoeuvres and high frequency oscillatory ventilation, which have all been shown to be effective in improving oxygenation. In situations where these first line rescue therapies are inadequate extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation has emerged as a lifesaving second line rescue therapy. Rescue therapies in critically ill patients with traumatic injuries presents specific challenges and requires careful assessment of both the short and longer term benefits, therapeutic limitations, and specific adverse effects before their use.
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- Carol Hodgson
- Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia; The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 3181, Australia.
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Recruitment maneuvers modulate epithelial and endothelial cell response according to acute lung injury etiology. Crit Care Med 2013; 41:e256-65. [PMID: 23887231 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e31828a3c13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of the rate of increase in airway pressure and duration of lung recruitment maneuvers in experimental pulmonary and extrapulmonary acute lung injury. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, controlled experimental study. SETTINGS University research laboratory. SUBJECTS Fifty adult male Wistar rats. INTERVENTIONS Acute lung injury was induced by Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide either intratracheally (pulmonary acute lung injury) or intraperitoneally (extrapulmonary acute lung injury). After 24 hours, animals were assigned to one of three different recruitment maneuvers, targeted to maximal airway pressure of 30 cm H2O: 1) continuous positive airway pressure for 30 seconds (CPAP-30); 2) stepwise airway pressure increase (5 cm H2O/step, 8.5 s at each step) over 51 seconds (STEP-51) to achieve a pressure-time product similar to that of CPAP-30; and 3) stepwise airway pressure increase (5 cm H2O/step, 5 s at each step) over 30 seconds with maximum pressure sustained for a further 30 seconds (STEP-30/30). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS All recruitment maneuvers reduced static lung elastance independent of acute lung injury etiology. In pulmonary acute lung injury, CPAP-30 yielded lower surfactant protein-B and higher type III procollagen expressions compared with STEP-30/30. In extrapulmonary acute lung injury, CPAP-30 and STEP-30/30 increased vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 expression, but the type of recruitment maneuver did not influence messenger ribonucleic acid expression of receptor for advanced glycation end products, surfactant protein-B, type III procollagen, and pro-caspase 3. CONCLUSIONS CPAP-30 worsened markers of potential epithelial cell damage in pulmonary acute lung injury, whereas both CPAP-30 and STEP-30/30 yielded endothelial injury in extrapulmonary acute lung injury. In both acute lung injury groups, recruitment maneuvers improved respiratory mechanics, but stepwise recruitment maneuver without sustained airway pressure appeared to associate with less biological impact on lungs.
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Influence of PEEP on cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular autoregulation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2013; 25:162-7. [PMID: 23211642 DOI: 10.1097/ana.0b013e31827c2f46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND High levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), as part of the treatment in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), may prevent alveolar collapse and maintain oxygenation. PEEP potentially reduces cerebral venous return, increases intracranial blood volume, and may, therefore, affect cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebrovascular autoregulation (AR). This study investigates the effect of PEEP on CBF and AR in patients with respiratory failure. METHODS CBF velocity was measured using transcranial doppler and correlated with the invasive arterial blood pressure curve to calculate the index of AR Mx (Mx>0.3 indicates impaired AR). Mx was measured at lower PEEP levels and after increasing PEEP. Only an increase of Mx of >0.2 was considered to be clinically relevant. Two 1-sided Wilcoxon tests. RESULTS Twenty mechanically ventilated patients with ARDS were included. Elevation of PEEP from 9.2±1 to 14.3±1 cm H2O did not influence CBF velocity but increased Mx from 0.317±0.35 to 0.414±0.32 (difference ≤0.2). Mx was >0.3 in 11/20 patients during baseline measurements, indicating impaired AR. CONCLUSIONS Surprisingly, AR was impaired in 55% of the patients with ARDS. This should be taken into account when managing cerebral perfusion pressure to avoid cerebral hyperperfusion or hypoperfusion. Increasing PEEP from 9.2 to 14.3 cm H2O had no further clinically relevant effect on AR, independent of preexisting AR impairment.
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Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome After Cardiac Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2013; 95:1122-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2012] [Revised: 08/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Thammanomai A, Hamakawa H, Bartolák-Suki E, Suki B. Combined effects of ventilation mode and positive end-expiratory pressure on mechanics, gas exchange and the epithelium in mice with acute lung injury. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53934. [PMID: 23326543 PMCID: PMC3541132 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2012] [Accepted: 12/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The accepted protocol to ventilate patients with acute lung injury is to use low tidal volume (V(T)) in combination with recruitment maneuvers or positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). However, an important aspect of mechanical ventilation has not been considered: the combined effects of PEEP and ventilation modes on the integrity of the epithelium. Additionally, it is implicitly assumed that the best PEEP-V(T) combination also protects the epithelium. We aimed to investigate the effects of ventilation mode and PEEP on respiratory mechanics, peak airway pressures and gas exchange as well as on lung surfactant and epithelial cell integrity in mice with acute lung injury. HCl-injured mice were ventilated at PEEPs of 3 and 6 cmH(2)O with conventional ventilation (CV), CV with intermittent large breaths (CV(LB)) to promote recruitment, and a new mode, variable ventilation, optimized for mice (VV(N)). Mechanics and gas exchange were measured during ventilation and surfactant protein (SP)-B, proSP-B and E-cadherin levels were determined from lavage and lung homogenate. PEEP had a significant effect on mechanics, gas exchange and the epithelium. The higher PEEP reduced lung collapse and improved mechanics and gas exchange but it also down regulated surfactant release and production and increased epithelial cell injury. While CV(LB) was better than CV, VV(N) outperformed CV(LB) in recruitment, reduced epithelial injury and, via a dynamic mechanotransduction, it also triggered increased release and production of surfactant. For long-term outcome, selection of optimal PEEP and ventilation mode may be based on balancing lung physiology with epithelial injury.
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- Apiradee Thammanomai
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Intraoperative protective ventilation strategies in lung transplantation. Transplant Rev (Orlando) 2013; 27:30-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2012.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Hanson A, Göthberg S, Nilsson K, Hedenstierna G. Recruitment and PEEP level influences long-time aeration in saline-lavaged piglets: an experimental model. Paediatr Anaesth 2012; 22:1072-9. [PMID: 22340954 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2012.03817.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate aeration/ventilation in saline-lavaged piglets during a 3-h follow-up after a recruitment maneuver (RM)/PEEP titration compared with PEEP 10 cmH2O without a RM. BACKGROUND Lung recruitment and PEEP titration are used to find a PEEP preventing repetitive opening/collapsing of lung. METHODS Twenty-one lung-lavaged piglets, mean age 7 weeks and mean weight 10 kg; a RM-group and a PEEP10-group, were ventilated at PEEP 5 cmH2O (baseline) followed by zero PEEP ventilation. In the RM-group, tidal elimination of CO2 and dynamic compliance (Cdyn) guided recruitment and PEEP titration, respectively. A final 3-h ventilation followed using PEEP 2 cmH2O above the first decline of Cdyn and end-inspiratory pressure (EIP) for a target tidal volume (VT) of 10 ml · kg(-1). In the PEEP10-group, PEEP 10 cmH2O without a RM was used during the final 3-h ventilation. CT scans and blood gases were repeated every 30 min. Airway pressures, Cdyn and hemodynamics were continuously recorded. RESULTS Aeration improved without differences between groups. The RM-group PEEP level of 10 ± 0.6 cmH2O did not differ from the PEEP10-group. Compared to baseline EIP was lower in the RM-group after 3-h ventilation. In both groups, driving pressure (DP) was lower and Cdyn higher than baseline. In the RM-group, final EIP and DP were lower and Cdyn higher than in the PEEP10-group. CONCLUSIONS Both RM/PEEP titration and PEEP elevation resulted in improved aeration without differences between groups at the end point. Lung aeration was achieved at lower EIP and DP and higher Cdyn in the RM-group than in the PEEP10-group.
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- Angela Hanson
- The Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Monge García MI, Gil Cano A, Gracia Romero M, Díaz Monrové JC. [Respiratory and hemodynamic changes during lung recruitment maneuvering through progressive increases and decreases in PEEP level]. Med Intensiva 2011; 36:77-88. [PMID: 22079132 DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2011.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2011] [Revised: 08/12/2011] [Accepted: 08/29/2011] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the respiratory and hemodynamic changes during lung recruitment maneuvering (LRM) through stepwise increases and decreases in PEEP level. DESIGN AND SETTING A retrospective study in a 17-bed ICU was carried out. PATIENTS Twenty-one patients with acute respiratory failure and bilateral pulmonary infiltration. INTERVENTION LRM was carried out, consisting of stepwise increases in PEEP (4 cmH(2)O every 3 minutes), with fixed ventilation pressure, until reaching a maximal value of 36 cmH(2)O PEEP (ascending branch), followed by progressive decreases in PEEP (2 cmH(2)O every 3 minutes) until establishing the open-lung PEEP at the value associated to maximum respiratory compliance (Crs) (descending branch). Continuous hemodynamic monitoring was performed using an esophageal echodoppler probe. RESULTS Crs gradually decreased in the ascending branch of the LRM, and progressively increased surpassing the initial value after establish the open-lung PEEP in the descending branch, reducing the ventilation pressure and increasing the SpO(2)/FiO(2) ratio. Hemodynamic changes primarily consisted of a fall in cardiac output and left ventricular preload, together with an increased heart rate and cardiac contractility. At comparable levels of PEEP and mean airway pressure, these changes were more pronounced during the descending branch of the LRM. CONCLUSIONS 1) LRM increased Crs, improving oxygenation and decreasing ventilation pressure; 2) the main hemodynamic consequence was the drop in cardiac output and left ventricular preload; and 3) the unequal hemodynamic derangement in both branches, at the same level of PEEP and mean airway pressure, showed that, along with intrathoracic pressure, other factor such as Crs and hypercapnia may have influenced the hemodynamic consequences of this type of LRM.
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- M I Monge García
- Servicio de Cuidados Intensivos y Urgencias, Unidad de Investigación Experimental, Hospital del SAS Jerez, España.
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Hodgson CL, Tuxen DV, Davies AR, Bailey MJ, Higgins AM, Holland AE, Keating JL, Pilcher DV, Westbrook AJ, Cooper DJ, Nichol AD. A randomised controlled trial of an open lung strategy with staircase recruitment, titrated PEEP and targeted low airway pressures in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. CRITICAL CARE (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2011. [PMID: 21635753 DOI: 10.1186/cc10249cc10249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Tidal volume and plateau pressure minimisation are the standard components of a protective lung ventilation strategy for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Open lung strategies, including higher positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and recruitment manoeuvres to date have not proven efficacious. This study examines the effectiveness and safety of a novel open lung strategy, which includes permissive hypercapnia, staircase recruitment manoeuvres (SRM) and low airway pressure with PEEP titration. METHOD Twenty ARDS patients were randomised to treatment or ARDSnet control ventilation strategies. The treatment group received SRM with decremental PEEP titration and targeted plateau pressure < 30 cm H2O. Gas exchange and lung compliance were measured daily for 7 days and plasma cytokines in the first 24 hours and on days 1, 3, 5 and 7 (mean ± SE). Duration of ventilation, ICU stay and hospital stay (median and interquartile range) and hospital survival were determined. RESULTS There were significant overall differences between groups when considering plasma IL-8 and TNF-α. For plasma IL-8, the control group was 41% higher than the treatment group over the seven-day period (ratio 1.41 (1.11 to 1.79), P = 0.01), while for TNF-α the control group was 20% higher over the seven-day period (ratio 1.20 (1.01 to 1.42) P = 0.05). PaO2/FIO2 (204 ± 9 versus 165 ± 9 mmHg, P = 0.005) and static lung compliance (49.1 ± 2.9 versus 33.7 ± 2.7 mls/cm H2O, P < 0.001) were higher in the treatment group than the control group over seven days. There was no difference in duration of ventilation (180 (87 to 298) versus 341 (131 to 351) hrs, P = 0.13), duration of ICU stay (9.9 (5.6 to 14.8) versus 16.0 (8.1 to 19.3) days, P = 0.19) and duration of hospital stay (17.9 (13.7 to 34.5) versus 24.7 (20.5 to 39.8) days, P = 0.16) between the treatment and control groups. CONCLUSIONS This open lung strategy was associated with greater amelioration in some systemic cytokines, improved oxygenation and lung compliance over seven days. A larger trial powered to examine clinically-meaningful outcomes is warranted. TRIAL REGISTRATION ACTRN12607000465459.
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- Carol L Hodgson
- Intensive Care Unit, The Alfred, Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3181, Australia.
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Hodgson CL, Tuxen DV, Davies AR, Bailey MJ, Higgins AM, Holland AE, Keating JL, Pilcher DV, Westbrook AJ, Cooper DJ, Nichol AD. A randomised controlled trial of an open lung strategy with staircase recruitment, titrated PEEP and targeted low airway pressures in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2011; 15:R133. [PMID: 21635753 PMCID: PMC3219001 DOI: 10.1186/cc10249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2011] [Revised: 04/21/2011] [Accepted: 06/02/2011] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Tidal volume and plateau pressure minimisation are the standard components of a protective lung ventilation strategy for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Open lung strategies, including higher positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and recruitment manoeuvres to date have not proven efficacious. This study examines the effectiveness and safety of a novel open lung strategy, which includes permissive hypercapnia, staircase recruitment manoeuvres (SRM) and low airway pressure with PEEP titration. METHOD Twenty ARDS patients were randomised to treatment or ARDSnet control ventilation strategies. The treatment group received SRM with decremental PEEP titration and targeted plateau pressure < 30 cm H2O. Gas exchange and lung compliance were measured daily for 7 days and plasma cytokines in the first 24 hours and on days 1, 3, 5 and 7 (mean ± SE). Duration of ventilation, ICU stay and hospital stay (median and interquartile range) and hospital survival were determined. RESULTS There were significant overall differences between groups when considering plasma IL-8 and TNF-α. For plasma IL-8, the control group was 41% higher than the treatment group over the seven-day period (ratio 1.41 (1.11 to 1.79), P = 0.01), while for TNF-α the control group was 20% higher over the seven-day period (ratio 1.20 (1.01 to 1.42) P = 0.05). PaO2/FIO2 (204 ± 9 versus 165 ± 9 mmHg, P = 0.005) and static lung compliance (49.1 ± 2.9 versus 33.7 ± 2.7 mls/cm H2O, P < 0.001) were higher in the treatment group than the control group over seven days. There was no difference in duration of ventilation (180 (87 to 298) versus 341 (131 to 351) hrs, P = 0.13), duration of ICU stay (9.9 (5.6 to 14.8) versus 16.0 (8.1 to 19.3) days, P = 0.19) and duration of hospital stay (17.9 (13.7 to 34.5) versus 24.7 (20.5 to 39.8) days, P = 0.16) between the treatment and control groups. CONCLUSIONS This open lung strategy was associated with greater amelioration in some systemic cytokines, improved oxygenation and lung compliance over seven days. A larger trial powered to examine clinically-meaningful outcomes is warranted. TRIAL REGISTRATION ACTRN12607000465459.
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- Carol L Hodgson
- Intensive Care Unit, The Alfred, Commercial Road, Melbourne, VIC 3181, Australia.
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