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Boas H, Ren CL. Pediatric pulmonology year in review 2023: Physiology. Pediatr Pulmonol 2024; 59:1856-1861. [PMID: 38546004 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 07/22/2024]
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Application of the principles of pulmonary physiology and lung development to the care and management of respiratory disease in children is a distinguishing feature of pediatric pulmonology. In 2023, this was evident in numerous publications in Pediatric Pulmonology and other journals. This review will highlight some of the papers in this area.
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- Heather Boas
- Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Arriagada R, Bachmann MC, San Martin C, Rauseo M, Battaglini D. Electrical impedance tomography: Usefulness for respiratory physiotherapy in critical illnesses. Med Intensiva 2024; 48:403-410. [PMID: 38538496 DOI: 10.1016/j.medine.2024.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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Respiratory physiotherapy, including the management of invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) and noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV), is a key supportive intervention for critically ill patients. MV has potential for inducing ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) as well as long-term complications related to prolonged bed rest, such as post-intensive care syndrome and intensive care unit acquired weakness. Physical and respiratory therapy, developed by the critical care team, in a timely manner, has been shown to prevent these complications. In this pathway, real-time bedside monitoring of changes in pulmonary aeration and alveolar gas distribution associated with postural positioning, respiratory physiotherapy techniques and changes in MV strategies can be crucial in guiding these procedures, providing safe therapy and prevention of potential harm to the patient. Along this path, electrical impedance tomography (EIT) has emerged as a new key non-invasive bedside strategy free of radiation, to allow visualization of lung recruitment. This review article presents the main and potential applications of EIT in relation to physiotherapy techniques in the ICU setting.
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- Ricardo Arriagada
- Unidad de Paciente Crítico Adulto, Hospital Las Higueras de Talcahuano, Chile; Escuela de Kinesiología Universidad San Sebastián, Sede Tres Pascualas, Concepción, Chile; Unidad de Paciente Crìtico, Clìnica Biobìo, Hualpén, Chile
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- Unidad de Paciente Crítico Adulto, Hospital Clínico Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Escuela de Kinesiología, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile
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- Unidad de Paciente Crítico Adulto, Hospital Las Higueras de Talcahuano, Chile; Escuela de Kinesiología Universidad San Sebastián, Sede Tres Pascualas, Concepción, Chile
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Foggia, Policlinico Riuniti di Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
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Guo Y, Yang C, Zhu W, Zhao R, Ren K, Duan W, Liu J, Ma J, Chen X, Liu B, Xu C, Jin Z, Shi X. Electrical impedance tomography provides information of brain injury during total aortic arch replacement through its correlation with relative difference of neurological biomarkers. Sci Rep 2024; 14:14236. [PMID: 38902461 PMCID: PMC11190256 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-65203-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024] Open
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Postoperative neurological dysfunction (PND) is one of the most common complications after a total aortic arch replacement (TAAR). Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) monitoring of cerebral hypoxia injury during TAAR is a promising technique for preventing the occurrence of PND. This study aimed to explore the feasibility of electrical impedance tomography (EIT) for warning of potential brain injury during total aortic arch replacement (TAAR) through building the correlation between EIT extracted parameters and variation of neurological biomarkers in serum. Patients with Stanford type A aortic dissection and requiring TAAR who were admitted between December 2021 to March 2022 were included. A 16-electrode EIT system was adopted to monitor each patient's cerebral impedance intraoperatively. Five parameters of EIT signals regarding to the hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) period were extracted. Meanwhile, concentration of four neurological biomarkers in serum were measured regarding to time before and right after surgery, 12 h, 24 h and 48 h after surgery. The correlation between EIT parameters and variation of serum biomarkers were analyzed. A total of 57 TAAR patients were recruited. The correlation between EIT parameters and variation of biomarkers were stronger for patients with postoperative neurological dysfunction (PND(+)) than those without postoperative neurological dysfunction (PND(-)) in general. Particularly, variation of S100B after surgery had significantly moderate correlation with two parameters regarding to the difference of impedance between left and right brain which were MRAIabs and TRAIabs (0.500 and 0.485 with p < 0.05, respectively). In addition, significantly strong correlations were seen between variation of S100B at 24 h and the difference of average resistivity value before and after HCA phase (ΔARVHCA), the slope of electrical impedance during HCA (kHCA) and MRAIabs (0.758, 0.758 and 0.743 with p < 0.05, respectively) for patients with abnormal S100B level before surgery. Strong correlations were seen between variation of TAU after surgery and ΔARVHCA, kHCA and the time integral of electrical impedance for half flow of perfusion (TARVHP) (0.770, 0.794 and 0.818 with p < 0.01, respectively) for patients with abnormal TAU level before surgery. Another two significantly moderate correlations were found between TRAIabs and variation of GFAP at 12 h and 24 h (0.521 and 0.521 with p < 0.05, respectively) for patients with a normal GFAP serum level before surgery. The correlations between EIT parameters and serum level of neurological biomarkers were significant in patients with PND, especially for MRAIabs and TRAIabs, indicating that EIT may become a powerful assistant for providing a real-time warning of brain injury during TAAR from physiological perspective and useful guidance for intensive care units.
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- Yitong Guo
- Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetic Detection and Intelligent Perception, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
- Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Medical University, Xi'an, 710038, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetic Detection and Intelligent Perception, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
- Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, 710072, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetic Detection and Intelligent Perception, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetic Detection and Intelligent Perception, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
- UTRON Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, 310051, China
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- Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetic Detection and Intelligent Perception, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetic Detection and Intelligent Perception, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China.
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- Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Bioelectromagnetic Detection and Intelligent Perception, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, 710032, China.
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Karthik AR, Gupta N, Garg R, Bharati SJ, Ray MD, Hadda V, Pahuja S, Mishra S, Bhatnagar S, Kumar V. Comparison of lung aeration loss in open abdominal oncologic surgeries after ventilation with electrical impedance tomography-guided PEEP versus conventional PEEP: a pilot feasibility study. Korean J Anesthesiol 2024; 77:353-363. [PMID: 38438222 PMCID: PMC11150122 DOI: 10.4097/kja.23858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Existing literature lacks high-quality evidence regarding the ideal intraoperative positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) to minimize postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs). We hypothesized that applying individualized PEEP derived from electrical impedance tomography would reduce the severity of postoperative lung aeration loss, deterioration in oxygenation, and PPC incidence. METHODS A pilot feasibility study was conducted on 36 patients who underwent open abdominal oncologic surgery. The patients were randomized to receive individualized PEEP or conventional PEEP at 4 cmH2O. The primary outcome was the impact of individualized PEEP on changes in the modified lung ultrasound score (MLUS) derived from preoperative and postoperative lung ultrasonography. A higher MLUS indicated greater lung aeration loss. The secondary outcomes were the PaO2/FiO2 ratio and PPC incidence. RESULTS A significant increase in the postoperative MLUS (12.0 ± 3.6 vs 7.9 ± 2.1, P < 0.001) and a significant difference between the postoperative and preoperative MLUS values (7.0 ± 3.3 vs 3.0 ± 1.6, P < 0.001) were found in the conventional PEEP group, indicating increased lung aeration loss. In the conventional PEEP group, the intraoperative PaO2/FiO2 ratios were significantly lower but not the postoperative ratios. The PPC incidence was not significantly different between the groups. Post-hoc analysis showed the increase in lung aeration loss and deterioration of intraoperative oxygenation correlated with the deviation from the individualized PEEP. CONCLUSIONS Individualized PEEP appears to protect against lung aeration loss and intraoperative oxygenation deterioration. The advantage was greater in patients whose individualized PEEP deviated more from the conventional PEEP.
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- A. R. Karthik
- Department of Anesthesiology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, India
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- Department of Onco-Anesthesia and Palliative Medicine, Dr. B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Onco-Anesthesia and Palliative Medicine, Dr. B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Onco-Anesthesia and Palliative Medicine, Dr. B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Dr. B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad, India
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- Department of Onco-Anesthesia and Palliative Medicine, Dr. B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Onco-Anesthesia and Palliative Medicine, Dr. B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Caljé-van der Klei T, Sun Q, Chase JG, Zhou C, Tawhai MH, Knopp JL, Möller K, Heines SJ, Bergmans DC, Shaw GM. Pulmonary response prediction through personalized basis functions in a virtual patient model. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2024; 244:107988. [PMID: 38171168 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Recruitment maneuvers with subsequent positive-end-expiratory-pressure (PEEP) have proven effective in recruiting lung volume and preventing alveoli collapse. However, determining a safe, effective, and patient-specific PEEP is not standardized, and this more optimal PEEP level evolves with patient condition, requiring personalised monitoring and care approaches to maintain optimal ventilation settings. METHODS This research examines 3 physiologically relevant basis function sets (exponential, parabolic, cumulative) to enable better prediction of elastance evolution for a virtual patient or digital twin model of MV lung mechanics, including novel elements to model and predict distension elastance. Prediction accuracy and robustness are validated against recruitment maneuver data from 18 volume-controlled ventilation (VCV) patients at 7 different baseline PEEP levels (0 to 12 cmH2O) and 14 pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV) patients at 4 different baseline PEEP levels (6 to 12 cmH2O), yielding 623 and 294 prediction cases, respectively. Predictions were made up to 12 cmH2O of added PEEP ahead, covering 6 × 2 cmH2O PEEP steps. RESULTS The 3 basis function sets yield median absolute peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) prediction error of 1.63 cmH2O for VCV patients, and median peak inspiratory volume (PIV) prediction error of 0.028 L for PCV patients. The exponential basis function set yields a better trade-off of overall performance across VCV and PCV prediction than parabolic and cumulative basis function sets from other studies. Comparing predicted and clinically measured distension prediction in VCV demonstrated consistent, robust high accuracy with R2 = 0.90-0.95. CONCLUSIONS The results demonstrate recruitment mechanics are best captured by an exponential basis function across different mechanical ventilation modes, matching physiological expectations, and accurately capture, for the first time, distension mechanics to within 5-10 % accuracy. Enabling the risk of lung injury to be predicted before changing ventilator settings. The overall outcomes significantly extend and more fully validate this digital twin or virtual mechanical ventilation patient model.
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- Trudy Caljé-van der Klei
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Centre for Bio-Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Centre for Bio-Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; University of Liége, Liége, Belgium
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Centre for Bio-Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Centre for Bio-Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Centre for Bio-Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Institute for Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care, School of Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, School of Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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de Macedo JRFF, Reychler G, Liistro G, Poncin W. Short-Term Effect of Intermittent Intrapulmonary Deflation on Air Trapping in Patients With COPD. Respir Care 2023; 68:478-487. [PMID: 36810360 PMCID: PMC10173120 DOI: 10.4187/respcare.10398] [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: 02/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Intermittent intrapulmonary deflation is an airway clearance technique that generates negative pressure during expiratory phases. This technology is intended to reduce air trapping by delaying the onset of air-flow limitation during exhalation. The objective of this study was to compare the short-term effect of intermittent intrapulmonary deflation versus positive expiratory pressure (PEP) therapy on trapped gas volume and vital capacity (VC) in patients with COPD. METHODS We designed a randomized crossover study in which the participants with COPD received a 20-min session of both intermittent intrapulmonary deflation and PEP therapy on separate days and in random order. Lung volumes were measured via body plethysmography and helium dilution techniques, and spirometric outcomes were reviewed before and after each therapy. The trapped gas volume was estimated via functional residual capacity (FRC), residual volume (RV), and by the difference between FRC obtained through body plethysmography and helium dilution. Each participant also performed 3 VC maneuvers, from total lung capacity to RV with both devices. RESULTS Twenty participants with COPD (mean ± SD ages 67 ± 8 y; FEV1 48.1 ± 17.0%) were recruited. There was no difference between the devices in FRC or trapped gas volume. However, the RV decreased more during intermittent intrapulmonary deflation compared with PEP. The intermittent intrapulmonary deflation mobilized a larger expiratory volume than PEP during the VC maneuver (mean difference 389 mL, 95% CI 128-650 mL; P = .003). CONCLUSIONS The RV decreased after intermittent intrapulmonary deflation compared with PEP, but this effect was not captured by other estimates of hyperinflation. Although the expiratory volume obtained during the VC maneuver with intermittent intrapulmonary deflation was greater than that obtained with PEP, the clinical importance as well as the long-term effects remain to be determined.(ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04157972.).
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- Juliana Ribeiro Fonseca Franco de Macedo
- Institute de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Pôle de Pneumologie, ORL and Dermatologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
- Service de Pneumologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Secteur de Kinésithérapie et Ergothérapie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Pôle de Pneumologie, ORL and Dermatologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
- Service de Pneumologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Secteur de Kinésithérapie et Ergothérapie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Pôle de Pneumologie, ORL and Dermatologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
- Service de Pneumologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Pôle de Pneumologie, ORL and Dermatologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
- Service de Pneumologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Secteur de Kinésithérapie et Ergothérapie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Schierbauer J, Günther S, Haupt S, Zimmer RT, Herz D, Voit T, Zimmermann P, Wachsmuth NB, Aberer F, Moser O. Acute Fluid Intake Impacts Assessment of Body Composition via Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis. A Randomized, Controlled Crossover Pilot Trial. Metabolites 2023; 13:metabo13040473. [PMID: 37110132 PMCID: PMC10143694 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13040473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) has proven to be particularly useful due to its inexpensive and rapid assessment of total body water and body density. However, recent fluid intake may confound BIA results since equilibration of fluid between intra- and extracellular spaces may take several hours and furthermore, ingested fluids may not be fully absorbed. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the impact of different fluid compositions on the BIA. A total of eighteen healthy individuals (10 females, mean ± SD age of 23.1 ± 1.8 years) performed a baseline measurement of body composition before they consumed isotonic 0.9% sodium-chloride (ISO), 5% glucose (GLU) or Ringer (RIN) solutions. During the visit of the control arm (CON), no fluid was consumed. Further impedance analyses were conducted every 10 min after the fluid consumption for 120 min. We found statistically significant interactions between the effects of solution ingestion and time for intra- (ICW, p < 0.01) and extracellular water (ECW, p < 0.0001), skeletal muscle mass (SMM, p < 0.001) and body fat mass (FM, p < 0.01), respectively. Simple main effects analysis showed that time had a statistically significant effect on changes in ICW (p < 0.01), ECW (p < 0.01), SMM (p < 0.01) and FM (p < 0.01), while fluid intake did not have a significant effect. Our results highlight the importance of a standardized pre-measurement nutrition, with particular attention to hydration status when using a BIA for the evaluation of body composition.
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- Janis Schierbauer
- Division of Exercise Physiology and Metabolism, Department of Sport Science, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; (S.G.); (S.H.); (R.T.Z.); (D.H.); (T.V.); (P.Z.); (N.B.W.); (F.A.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-(0)-921-55-3467
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- Division of Exercise Physiology and Metabolism, Department of Sport Science, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; (S.G.); (S.H.); (R.T.Z.); (D.H.); (T.V.); (P.Z.); (N.B.W.); (F.A.)
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- Division of Exercise Physiology and Metabolism, Department of Sport Science, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; (S.G.); (S.H.); (R.T.Z.); (D.H.); (T.V.); (P.Z.); (N.B.W.); (F.A.)
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- Division of Exercise Physiology and Metabolism, Department of Sport Science, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; (S.G.); (S.H.); (R.T.Z.); (D.H.); (T.V.); (P.Z.); (N.B.W.); (F.A.)
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- Division of Exercise Physiology and Metabolism, Department of Sport Science, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; (S.G.); (S.H.); (R.T.Z.); (D.H.); (T.V.); (P.Z.); (N.B.W.); (F.A.)
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- Division of Exercise Physiology and Metabolism, Department of Sport Science, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; (S.G.); (S.H.); (R.T.Z.); (D.H.); (T.V.); (P.Z.); (N.B.W.); (F.A.)
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- Division of Exercise Physiology and Metabolism, Department of Sport Science, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; (S.G.); (S.H.); (R.T.Z.); (D.H.); (T.V.); (P.Z.); (N.B.W.); (F.A.)
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- Division of Exercise Physiology and Metabolism, Department of Sport Science, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; (S.G.); (S.H.); (R.T.Z.); (D.H.); (T.V.); (P.Z.); (N.B.W.); (F.A.)
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- Division of Exercise Physiology and Metabolism, Department of Sport Science, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; (S.G.); (S.H.); (R.T.Z.); (D.H.); (T.V.); (P.Z.); (N.B.W.); (F.A.)
- Interdisciplinary Metabolic Medicine Trials Unit, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria
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- Division of Exercise Physiology and Metabolism, Department of Sport Science, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany; (S.G.); (S.H.); (R.T.Z.); (D.H.); (T.V.); (P.Z.); (N.B.W.); (F.A.)
- Interdisciplinary Metabolic Medicine Trials Unit, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria
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Wang Y, Ping X, Chen X, Wang D. Flexible Electrodes as a Measuring System of Electrical Impedance Imaging. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:1901. [PMID: 36903016 PMCID: PMC10004451 DOI: 10.3390/ma16051901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) is a detection imaging technology developed 30 years ago. When the conventional EIT measurement system is used, the electrode and the excitation measurement terminal are connected with a long wire, which is easily affected by external interference, and the measurement result is unstable. In this paper, we developed a flexible electrode device based on flexible electronics technology, which can be softly attached to the skin surface for real-time physiological monitoring. The flexible equipment includes an excitation measuring circuit and electrode, which eliminates the adverse effects of connecting long wires and improves the effectiveness of measuring signals. At the same time, the design also uses flexible electronic technology to make the system structure achieve ultra-low modulus and high tensile strength so that the electronic equipment has soft mechanical properties. Experiments have shown that when the flexible electrode is deformed, its function is completely unaffected, the measurement results remain stable, and the static and fatigue performances are satisfactory. The flexible electrode has high system accuracy and good anti-interference.
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- Yi Wang
- College of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300222, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Integrated Design and On-Line Monitoring for Light Industry & Food Machinery and Equipment, Tianjin 300222, China
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- College of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300222, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Integrated Design and On-Line Monitoring for Light Industry & Food Machinery and Equipment, Tianjin 300222, China
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- College of Electronic Information and Automation, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300222, China
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- College of Electronic Information and Automation, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300222, China
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Roshdy A. Respiratory Monitoring During Mechanical Ventilation: The Present and the Future. J Intensive Care Med 2023; 38:407-417. [PMID: 36734248 DOI: 10.1177/08850666231153371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The increased application of mechanical ventilation, the recognition of its harms and the interest in individualization raised the need for an effective monitoring. An increasing number of monitoring tools and modalities were introduced over the past 2 decades with growing insight into asynchrony, lung and chest wall mechanics, respiratory effort and drive. They should be used in a complementary rather than a standalone way. A sound strategy can guide a reduction in adverse effects like ventilator-induced lung injury, ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction, patient-ventilator asynchrony and helps early weaning from the ventilator. However, the diversity, complexity, lack of expertise, and associated cost make formulating the appropriate monitoring strategy a challenge for clinicians. Most often, a big amount of data is fed to the clinicians making interpretation difficult. Therefore, it is fundamental for intensivists to be aware of the principle, advantages, and limits of each tool. This analytic review includes a simplified narrative of the commonly used basic and advanced respiratory monitors along with their limits and future prospective.
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- Ashraf Roshdy
- Critical Care Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, 54562Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.,Critical Care Unit, North Middlesex University Hospital, London, UK
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Brunelle T, Prud'homme E, Alphonsine JE, Baumstarck K, Sanz C, Salmi S, Peres N, Forel JM, Papazian L, Hraiech S, Roch A, Guervilly C. Awake prone position in COVID-19 acute respiratory failure: a randomized crossover study using electrical impedance tomography. ERJ Open Res 2023; 9:00509-2022. [PMID: 36994452 PMCID: PMC9922472 DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00509-2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BackgroundThe goal of this study was to determine whether an awake prone position (aPP) reduces the global inhomogeneity (GI) index of ventilation measured by electrical impedance tomography (EIT) in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF).MethodsThis prospective crossover study included COVID-19 patients with COVID-19 and ARF defined by PaO2:FiO2of 100–300 mmHg. After baseline evaluation and 30 min EIT recording in the supine position (SP), patients were randomized into one of two sequences: SP-aPP or aPP-SP. At the end of each 2 h step, oxygenation, respiratory rate, Borg scale, and 30 min EIT were recorded.ResultsTen patients were randomized in each group. The GI index did not change in the SP-aPP group (baseline 74±20%, end of SP 78±23% and end of aPP 72±20%, p=0.85) or in the aPP-SP group (baseline 59±14%, end of aPP 59±15% and end of SP 54±13%, p=0.67). In the whole cohort, PaO2:FiO2increased from 133±44 mmHg at baseline to 183±66 mmHg in aPP (p=0.003) and decreased to 129±49 mmHg in SP (p=0.03).ConclusionIn spontaneously breathing non-intubated COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory failure, aPP was not associated with a decrease of lung ventilation inhomogeneity assessed by EIT, despite an improvement in oxygenation.
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Yang Y, He H, Long Y, Chi Y, Yuan S, Shen Z, Frerichs I, Zhao Z. Bedside electrical impedance tomography in early diagnosis of pneumothorax in mechanically ventilated ICU patients — a single-center retrospective cohort study. J Clin Monit Comput 2022; 37:629-637. [PMID: 36333577 DOI: 10.1007/s10877-022-00935-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to evaluate the routine use of electrical impedance tomography (EIT) to diagnose pneumothorax (PTX) in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conducted including mechanically ventilated supine patients who received EIT examinations. The EIT-based tidal variation was divided into ventral and dorsal regions of interest (ROIs): upper right (UR, ROI1), upper left (UL, ROI2) lower right (LR, ROI3), and lower left (LL, ROI4), and the ventilation defect score (DS) was calculated in each quadrant. Furthermore, horizontal ventral ventilation index (HVVI) was defined as ROI1% / ROI2% in the two ventral quadrants if ROI1% > ROI2%, otherwise HVVI = ROI2% / ROI1%. RESULTS A total of 203 patients were included, 25 of them with confirmed PTX. In the PTX patients, preceding cardiac surgery was the most common cause of PTX. Compared with the patients without PTX, the PTX patients had a higher DS in the ventral quadrants [median and interquartile range (IQR): 1.00 (0.00, 2.00) vs. 0.00 (0.00, 0.00), P < 0.001] respectively, but similar in the dorsal quadrants [median and IQR: 1.00 (0.00, 1.00) vs. 0.00 (0.00, 1.00), P = 0.722]. Moreover, a higher HVVI was found in the PTX group [median and IQR: 2.51 (1.58, 3.52) vs. 1.36 (1.15, 1.77), P < 0.001]. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the HVVI to differentiate PTX from non-PTX was 0.88, with a sensitivity of 70% and a specificity of 90% when the cut-off value was 2.57. CONCLUSION The ventilation defect in the ventral regions and a high HVVI on EIT were observed in mechanically ventilated patients with PTX, which should trigger further diagnostics to confirm it.
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- Yingying Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Disease, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Disease, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Disease, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Disease, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Disease, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Health Informatics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
- Institute of Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, VS-Schwenningen, Germany
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Jiang H, Han Y, Zheng X, Fang Q. Roles of electrical impedance tomography in lung transplantation. Front Physiol 2022; 13:986422. [PMID: 36407002 PMCID: PMC9669435 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.986422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Lung transplantation is the preferred treatment method for patients with end-stage pulmonary disease. However, several factors hinder the progress of lung transplantation, including donor shortages, candidate selection, and various postoperative complications. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a functional imaging tool that can be used to evaluate pulmonary ventilation and perfusion at the bedside. Among patients after lung transplantation, monitoring the graft’s pulmonary function is one of the most concerning issues. The feasible application of EIT in lung transplantation has been reported over the past few years, and this technique has gained increasing interest from multidisciplinary researchers. Nevertheless, physicians still lack knowledge concerning the potential applications of EIT in lung transplantation. We present an updated review of EIT in lung transplantation donors and recipients over the past few years, and discuss the potential use of ventilation- and perfusion-monitoring-based EIT in lung transplantation.
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- *Correspondence: Xia Zheng, ; Qiang Fang,
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- *Correspondence: Xia Zheng, ; Qiang Fang,
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Yu M, Deng Y, Cha J, Jiang L, Wang M, Qiao S, Wang C. PEEP titration by EIT strategies for patients with ARDS: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Med Intensiva 2022:S2173-5727(22)00207-7. [PMID: 36243630 DOI: 10.1016/j.medine.2022.06.020] [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: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine which method of Positive End-expiratory Pressure (PEEP) titration is more useful, and to establish an evidence base for the clinical impact of Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) based individual PEEP setting which appears to be a promising method to optimize PEEP in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) patients. DESIGN A systematic review and meta-analysis. SETTING 4 databases (PUBMED, EMBASE, Web Of Science, and the Cochrane Library) from 1980 to December 2020 were performed. PARTICIPANTS Randomized clinical trials patients with ARDS. MAIN VARIABLES PaO2/FiO2-ratio and respiratory system compliance. INTERVENSION The quality of the studies was assessed with the Cochrane risk and bias tool. RESULTS 8 trials, including a total of 222 participants, were eligible for analysis. Meta-analysis demonstrates a significantly EIT-based individual PEEP setting for patients receiving higher PaO2/FiO2 ratio as compared to other PEEP titration strategies [5 trials, 202 patients, SMD 0.636, (95% CI 0.364-0.908)]. EIT-drived PEEP titration strategy did not significantly increase respiratory system compliance when compared to other peep titration strategies, [7 trials, 202 patients, SMD -0.085, (95% CI -0.342 to 0.172)]. CONCLUSIONS The benefits of PEEP titration with EIT on clinical outcomes of ARDS in placebo-controlled trials probably result from the visible regional ventilation of EIT. These findings offer clinicians and stakeholders a comprehensive assessment and high-quality evidence for the safety and efficacy of the EIT-based individual PEEP setting as a superior option for patients who undergo ARDS.
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- Mengnan Yu
- Faculty of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Science and Technology Town Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Faculty of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Science and Technology Town Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Department of Intensive Care Unit, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Science and Technology Town Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Faculty of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Science and Technology Town Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Faculty of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Science and Technology Town Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Faculty of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Science and Technology Town Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Department of Intensive Care Unit, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Science and Technology Town Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Faculty of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Science and Technology Town Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Institute of Clinical Medicine Research, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Science and Technology Town Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Faculty of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Science and Technology Town Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China; Institute of Clinical Medicine Research, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou Science and Technology Town Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
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Yueyi J, Jing T, Lianbing G. A structured narrative review of clinical and experimental studies of the use of different positive end-expiratory pressure levels during thoracic surgery. THE CLINICAL RESPIRATORY JOURNAL 2022; 16:717-731. [PMID: 36181340 PMCID: PMC9629996 DOI: 10.1111/crj.13545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 09/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to present a review on the general effects of different positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) levels during thoracic surgery by qualitatively categorizing the effects into detrimental, beneficial, and inconclusive. DATA SOURCE Literature search of Pubmed, CNKI, and Wanfang was made to find relative articles about PEEP levels during thoracic surgery. We used the following keywords as one-lung ventilation, PEEP, and thoracic surgery. RESULTS We divide the non-individualized PEEP value into five grades, that is, less than 5, 5, 5-10, 10, and more than 10 cmH2 O, among which 5 cmH2 O is the most commonly used in clinic at present to maintain alveolar dilatation and reduce the shunt fraction and the occurrence of atelectasis, whereas individualized PEEP, adjusted by test titration or imaging method to adapt to patients' personal characteristics, can effectively ameliorate intraoperative oxygenation and obtain optimal pulmonary compliance and better indexes relating to respiratory mechanics. CONCLUSIONS Available data suggest that PEEP might play an important role in one-lung ventilation, the understanding of which will help in exploring a simple and economical method to set the appropriate PEEP level.
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- Jiang Yueyi
- The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of AnesthesiologyJiangsu Cancer HospitalNanjingChina
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- The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina,Department of AnesthesiologyJiangsu Cancer HospitalNanjingChina
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Bounik R, Cardes F, Ulusan H, Modena MM, Hierlemann A. Impedance Imaging of Cells and Tissues: Design and Applications. BME FRONTIERS 2022; 2022:1-21. [PMID: 35761901 PMCID: PMC7612906 DOI: 10.34133/2022/9857485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Due to their label-free and noninvasive nature, impedance measurements have attracted increasing interest in biological research. Advances in microfabrication and integrated-circuit technology have opened a route to using large-scale microelectrode arrays for real-time, high-spatiotemporal-resolution impedance measurements of biological samples. In this review, we discuss different methods and applications of measuring impedance for cell and tissue analysis with a focus on impedance imaging with microelectrode arrays in in vitro applications. We first introduce how electrode configurations and the frequency range of the impedance analysis determine the information that can be extracted. We then delve into relevant circuit topologies that can be used to implement impedance measurements and their characteristic features, such as resolution and data-acquisition time. Afterwards, we detail design considerations for the implementation of new impedance-imaging devices. We conclude by discussing future fields of application of impedance imaging in biomedical research, in particular applications where optical imaging is not possible, such as monitoring of ex vivo tissue slices or microelectrode-based brain implants.
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- Raziyeh Bounik
- ETH Zürich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Basel, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Basel, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Basel, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Basel, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Basel, Switzerland
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Tronstad O, Martí JD, Ntoumenopoulos G, Gosselink R. An Update on Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy during Mechanical Ventilation. Semin Respir Crit Care Med 2022; 43:390-404. [PMID: 35453171 DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1744307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Physiotherapists are integral members of the multidisciplinary team managing critically ill adult patients. However, the scope and role of physiotherapists vary widely internationally, with physiotherapists in some countries moving away from providing early and proactive respiratory care in the intensive care unit (ICU) and focusing more on early mobilization and rehabilitation. This article provides an update of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy for patients receiving mechanical ventilation in ICU. Common and some more novel assessment tools and treatment options are described, along with the mechanisms of action of the treatment options and the evidence and physiology underpinning them. The aim is not only to summarize the current state of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy but also to provide information that will also hopefully help support clinicians to deliver personalized and optimal patient care, based on the patient's unique needs and guided by accurate interpretation of assessment findings and the current evidence. Cardiorespiratory physiotherapy plays an essential role in optimizing secretion clearance, gas exchange, lung recruitment, and aiding with weaning from mechanical ventilation in ICU. The physiotherapists' skill set and scope is likely to be further optimized and utilized in the future as the evidence base continues to grow and they get more and more integrated into the ICU multidisciplinary team, leading to improved short- and long-term patient outcomes.
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- Oystein Tronstad
- Critical Care Research Group, Adult Intensive Care Services, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,Physiotherapy Department, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- Cardiac Surgery Critical Care Unit, Institut Clinic Cardiovascular, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Leuven, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
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Beazley S, Focken A, Fernandez-Parra R, Thomas K, Adler A, Duke-Novakovski T. Evaluation of lung ventilation distribution using electrical impedance tomography in standing sedated horses with capnoperitoneum. Vet Anaesth Analg 2022; 49:382-389. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaa.2022.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Influence of the end inspiratory pause on respiratory mechanics and tidal gas distribution of surgical patients ventilated under a tailored open lung approach strategy: A randomised, crossover trial. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med 2022; 41:101038. [DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2022.101038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Over-distension prediction via hysteresis loop analysis and patient-specific basis functions in a virtual patient model. Comput Biol Med 2021; 141:105022. [PMID: 34801244 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.105022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Recruitment maneuvers (RMs) with subsequent positive-end-expiratory-pressure (PEEP) have proven effective in recruiting lung volume and preventing alveolar collapse. However, a suboptimal PEEP could induce undesired injury in lungs by insufficient or excessive breath support. Thus, a predictive model for patient response under PEEP changes could improve clinical care and lower risks. METHODS This research adds novel elements to a virtual patient model to identify and predict patient-specific lung distension to optimise and personalise care. Model validity and accuracy are validated using data from 18 volume-controlled ventilation (VCV) patients at 7 different baseline PEEP levels (0-12cmH2O), yielding 623 prediction cases. Predictions were made up to ΔPEEP = 12cmH2O ahead covering 6x2cmH2O PEEP steps. RESULTS Using the proposed lung distension model, 90% of absolute peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) prediction errors compared to clinical measurement are within 3.95cmH2O, compared with 4.76cmH2O without this distension term. Comparing model-predicted and clinically measured distension had high correlation increasing to R2 = 0.93-0.95 if maximum ΔPEEP ≤ 6cmH2O. Predicted dynamic functional residual capacity (Vfrc) changes as PEEP rises yield 0.013L median prediction error for both prediction groups and overall R2 of 0.84. CONCLUSIONS Overall results demonstrate nonlinear distension mechanics are accurately captured in virtual lung mechanics patients for mechanical ventilation, for the first time. This result can minimise the risk of lung injury by predicting its potential occurrence of distension before changing ventilator settings. The overall outcomes significantly extend and more fully validate this virtual mechanical ventilation patient model.
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Bleul U, Wey C, Meira C, Waldmann A, Mosing M. Assessment of Postnatal Pulmonary Adaption in Bovine Neonates Using Electric Impedance Tomography (EIT). Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:3216. [PMID: 34827949 PMCID: PMC8614262 DOI: 10.3390/ani11113216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Several aspects of postnatal pulmonary adaption in the bovine neonate remain unclear, particularly the dynamics and regional ventilation of the lungs. We used electric impedance tomography (EIT) to measure changes in ventilation in the first 3 weeks of life in 20 non-sedated neonatal calves born without difficulty in sternal recumbency. Arterial blood gas variables were determined in the first 24 h after birth. Immediately after birth, dorsal parts of the lungs had 4.53% ± 2.82% nondependent silent spaces (NSS), and ventral parts had 5.23% ± 2.66% dependent silent spaces (DSS). The latter increased in the first hour, presumably because of gravity-driven ventral movement of residual amniotic fluid. The remaining lung regions had good ventilation immediately after birth, and the percentage of lung regions with high ventilation increased significantly during the study period. The centre of ventilation was always dorsal to and on the right of the theoretical centre of ventilation. The right lung was responsible for a significantly larger proportion of ventilation (63.84% ± 12.74%, p < 0.00001) compared with the left lung. In the right lung, the centrodorsal lung area was the most ventilated, whereas, in the left lung, it was the centroventral area. Tidal impedance changes, serving as a surrogate for tidal volume, increased in the first 3 weeks of life (p < 0.00001). This study shows the dynamic changes in lung ventilation in the bovine neonate according to EIT measurements. The findings form a basis for the recognition of structural and functional lung disorders in neonatal calves.
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- Ulrich Bleul
- Department of Farm Animals, Clinic of Reproductive Medicine, Vetsuisse-Faculty University Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland;
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- Department of Farm Animals, Clinic of Reproductive Medicine, Vetsuisse-Faculty University Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland;
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- Department of Clinical Diagnostics and Services, Section Anaesthesiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland;
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, 39071 Rostock, Germany;
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- Department of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Murdoch 6150, Australia;
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Shi Y, Yang Z, Xie F, Ren S, Xu S. The Research Progress of Electrical Impedance Tomography for Lung Monitoring. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:726652. [PMID: 34660553 PMCID: PMC8517404 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.726652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Medical imaging can intuitively show people the internal structure, morphological information, and organ functions of the organism, which is one of the most important inspection methods in clinical medical diagnosis. Currently used medical imaging methods can only be applied to some diagnostic occasions after qualitative lesions have been generated, and the general imaging technology is usually accompanied by radiation and other conditions. However, electrical impedance tomography has the advantages of being noninvasive and non-radiative. EIT (Electrical Impedance Tomography) is also widely used in the early diagnosis and treatment of some diseases because of these advantages. At present, EIT is relatively mature and more and more image reconstruction algorithms are used to improve imaging resolution. Hardware technology is also developing rapidly, and the accuracy of data collection and processing is continuously improving. In terms of clinical application, EIT has also been used for pathological treatment of lungs, the brain, and the bladder. In the future, EIT has a good application prospect in the medical field, which can meet the needs of real-time, long-term monitoring and early diagnosis. Aiming at the application of EIT in the treatment of lung pathology, this article reviews the research progress of EIT, image reconstruction algorithms, hardware system design, and clinical applications used in the treatment of lung diseases. Through the research and introduction of several core components of EIT technology, it clarifies the characteristics of EIT system complexity and its solutions, provides research ideas for subsequent research, and once again verifies the broad development prospects of EIT technology in the future.
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- Yan Shi
- The School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China
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- The School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- The School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- The School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China
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Herteman N, Mosing M, Waldmann AD, Gerber V, Schoster A. Exercise-induced airflow changes in horses with asthma measured by electrical impedance tomography. J Vet Intern Med 2021; 35:2500-2510. [PMID: 34505734 PMCID: PMC8478024 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.16260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Equine asthma (EA) causes airflow impairment, which increases in severity with exercise. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is an imaging technique that can detect airflow changes in standing healthy horses during a histamine provocation test. OBJECTIVES To explore EIT-calculated flow variables before and after exercise in healthy horses and horses with mild-to-moderate (MEA) and severe equine asthma (SEA). ANIMALS Nine healthy horses 9 horses diagnosed with MEA and 5 with SEA were prospectively included. METHODS Recordings were performed before and after 15 minutes of lunging. Absolute values from global and regional peak inspiratory (PIF, positive value) and expiratory (PEF, negative value) flows were calculated. Data were analyzed using a mixed model analysis followed by Bonferroni's multiple comparisons test to evaluate the impact of exercise and diagnosis on flow indices. RESULTS Control horses after exercise had significantly lower global PEF and PIF compared to horses with SEA (mean difference [95% confidence interval, CI]: 0.0859 arbitrary units [AU; 0.0339-0.1379], P < .001 and 0.0726 AU [0.0264-0.1188], P = .001, respectively) and horses with MEA (0.0561 AU [0.0129-0.0994], P = .007 and 0.0587 AU [0.0202-0.0973], P = .002, respectively). No other significant differences were detected. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE Electrical impedance tomography derived PIF and PEF differed significantly between healthy horses and horses with SEA or MEA after exercise, but not before exercise. Differences between MEA and SEA were not observed, but the study population was small.
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- Nicolas Herteman
- Clinic for Equine Internal Medicine, Equine Hospital, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- Equine Clinic, Swiss Institute of Equine Medicine, University of Bern and Agroscope, Berne, Switzerland
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- Clinic for Equine Internal Medicine, Equine Hospital, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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Maciejewski D, Putowski Z, Czok M, Krzych ŁJ. Electrical impedance tomography as a tool for monitoring mechanical ventilation. An introduction to the technique. Adv Med Sci 2021; 66:388-395. [PMID: 34371248 DOI: 10.1016/j.advms.2021.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a non-invasive, radiation-free method of diagnostics imaging, allowing for a bedside, real-time dynamic assessment of lung function. It stands as an alternative for other imagining methods, such as computed tomography (CT) or ultrasound. Even though the technique is rather novel, it has a wide variety of possible applications. In the era of modern mechanical ventilation, a dynamic assessment of patient's respiratory condition appears to fulfil the idea of personalized treatment. Additionally, an increasing frequency of respiratory failure among intensive care populations raises demand for improved monitoring tools. This review aims to raise awareness and presents possible implications for the use of EIT in the intensive care setting.
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- Dariusz Maciejewski
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Regional Hospital in Bielsko-Biala, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
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- Students' Scientific Society, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
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- Students' Scientific Society, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Students' Scientific Society, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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Everitt A, Root B, Calnan D, Manwaring P, Bauer D, Halter R. A bioimpedance-based monitor for real-time detection and identification of secondary brain injury. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15454. [PMID: 34326387 PMCID: PMC8322167 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94600-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Secondary brain injury impacts patient prognosis and can lead to long-term morbidity and mortality in cases of trauma. Continuous monitoring of secondary injury in acute clinical settings is primarily limited to intracranial pressure (ICP); however, ICP is unable to identify essential underlying etiologies of injury needed to guide treatment (e.g. immediate surgical intervention vs medical management). Here we show that a novel intracranial bioimpedance monitor (BIM) can detect onset of secondary injury, differentiate focal (e.g. hemorrhage) from global (e.g. edema) events, identify underlying etiology and provide localization of an intracranial mass effect. We found in an in vivo porcine model that the BIM detected changes in intracranial volume down to 0.38 mL, differentiated high impedance (e.g. ischemic) from low impedance (e.g. hemorrhagic) injuries (p < 0.001), separated focal from global events (p < 0.001) and provided coarse 'imaging' through localization of the mass effect. This work presents for the first time the full design, development, characterization and successful implementation of an intracranial bioimpedance monitor. This BIM technology could be further translated to clinical pathologies including but not limited to traumatic brain injury, intracerebral hemorrhage, stroke, hydrocephalus and post-surgical monitoring.
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- Alicia Everitt
- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, HB 8000, 14 Engineering Dr., Hanover, NH, 03755, USA.
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- Neurological Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA
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- Neurological Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA
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- Neurological Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA
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- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, HB 8000, 14 Engineering Dr., Hanover, NH, 03755, USA.,Neurological Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA
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Poni R, Neufeld E, Capstick M, Bodis S, Samaras T, Kuster N. Feasibility of Temperature Control by Electrical Impedance Tomography in Hyperthermia. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:3297. [PMID: 34209300 PMCID: PMC8268554 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13133297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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We present a simulation study investigating the feasibility of electrical impedance tomography (EIT) as a low cost, noninvasive technique for hyperthermia (HT) treatment monitoring and adaptation. Temperature rise in tissues leads to perfusion and tissue conductivity changes that can be reconstructed in 3D by EIT to noninvasively map temperature and perfusion. In this study, we developed reconstruction methods and investigated the achievable accuracy of EIT by simulating HT treatmentlike scenarios, using detailed anatomical models with heterogeneous conductivity distributions. The impact of the size and location of the heated region, the voltage measurement signal-to-noise ratio, and the reference model personalization and accuracy were studied. Results showed that by introducing an iterative reconstruction approach, combined with adaptive prior regions and tissue-dependent penalties, planning-based reference models, measurement-based reweighting, and physics-based constraints, it is possible to map conductivity-changes throughout the heated domain, with an accuracy of around 5% and cm-scale spatial resolution. An initial exploration of the use of multifrequency EIT to separate temperature and perfusion effects yielded promising results, indicating that temperature reconstruction accuracy can be in the order of 1 ∘C. Our results suggest that EIT can provide valuable real-time HT monitoring capabilities. Experimental confirmation in real-world conditions is the next step.
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- Redi Poni
- Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), 8092 Zurich, Switzerland; (R.P.); (N.K.)
- Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society (IT’IS), 8004 Zurich, Switzerland; (M.C.); (S.B.)
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- Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), 8092 Zurich, Switzerland; (R.P.); (N.K.)
- Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society (IT’IS), 8004 Zurich, Switzerland; (M.C.); (S.B.)
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- Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society (IT’IS), 8004 Zurich, Switzerland; (M.C.); (S.B.)
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- Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society (IT’IS), 8004 Zurich, Switzerland; (M.C.); (S.B.)
- Center of Radiation Oncology KSA-KSB, Kantonsspital Aarau, 5001 Aarau, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;
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- Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), 8092 Zurich, Switzerland; (R.P.); (N.K.)
- Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society (IT’IS), 8004 Zurich, Switzerland; (M.C.); (S.B.)
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Moon DS, Huh JW, Hong SB, Koh Y, Lim CM. Dynamic inhomogeneity of aeration along the vertical axis of the lung may predict weaning failure regardless of diaphragm dysfunction. J Crit Care 2021; 65:186-191. [PMID: 34198210 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate dynamic changes of lung aeration during a spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) in patients with diaphragm dysfunction (DD) and to predict weaning failure using electrical impedance tomography (EIT). MATERIALS AND METHODS We enrolled 40 adult patients who received mechanical ventilation over 48 h and were eligible for SBT with a T-piece. All patients were screened for DD using ultrasonography before SBT. EIT data, including global inhomogeneity index (an off-site parameter), and temporal skew of aeration (TSA) (an on-site parameter) were collected. RESULTS Sixteen (40%) patients had DD. During SBT, the tidal impedance variation decreased by 32% from baseline in patients with DD and by 14% in those without DD (p = 0.001). The global inhomogeneity index in the SBT failure group (n = 9) was 0.92 (median), and that of the SBT success group was 0.65 (p = 0.004). The TSA along the vertical axis of the lung was 12.0% and 2.0%, respectively (p = 0.001). With a vertical TSA cutoff of ≥4.35%, SBT failure was predicted with a sensitivity of 88.9% and specificity of 96.9% (area under the curve: 0.955). CONCLUSION Dynamic inhomogeneity of aeration along the vertical axis of the lung as assessed using TSA predicts SBT failure regardless of DD. TRIAL REGISTRATION This trial was retrospectively registered at cris.nih.go.kr (identifier: KCT003567; release date February 27, 2019).
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- Do Sik Moon
- Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Chosun Universitiy Hospital, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
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Peine A, Hallawa A, Bickenbach J, Dartmann G, Fazlic LB, Schmeink A, Ascheid G, Thiemermann C, Schuppert A, Kindle R, Celi L, Marx G, Martin L. Development and validation of a reinforcement learning algorithm to dynamically optimize mechanical ventilation in critical care. NPJ Digit Med 2021; 4:32. [PMID: 33608661 PMCID: PMC7895944 DOI: 10.1038/s41746-021-00388-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The aim of this work was to develop and evaluate the reinforcement learning algorithm VentAI, which is able to suggest a dynamically optimized mechanical ventilation regime for critically-ill patients. We built, validated and tested its performance on 11,943 events of volume-controlled mechanical ventilation derived from 61,532 distinct ICU admissions and tested it on an independent, secondary dataset (200,859 ICU stays; 25,086 mechanical ventilation events). A patient “data fingerprint” of 44 features was extracted as multidimensional time series in 4-hour time steps. We used a Markov decision process, including a reward system and a Q-learning approach, to find the optimized settings for positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) and ideal body weight-adjusted tidal volume (Vt). The observed outcome was in-hospital or 90-day mortality. VentAI reached a significantly increased estimated performance return of 83.3 (primary dataset) and 84.1 (secondary dataset) compared to physicians’ standard clinical care (51.1). The number of recommended action changes per mechanically ventilated patient constantly exceeded those of the clinicians. VentAI chose 202.9% more frequently ventilation regimes with lower Vt (5–7.5 mL/kg), but 50.8% less for regimes with higher Vt (7.5–10 mL/kg). VentAI recommended 29.3% more frequently PEEP levels of 5–7 cm H2O and 53.6% more frequently PEEP levels of 7–9 cmH2O. VentAI avoided high (>55%) FiO2 values (59.8% decrease), while preferring the range of 50–55% (140.3% increase). In conclusion, VentAI provides reproducible high performance by dynamically choosing an optimized, individualized ventilation strategy and thus might be of benefit for critically ill patients.
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- Arne Peine
- Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstreet 30, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstreet 30, Aachen, Germany.,Chair for Integrated Signal Processing Systems, RWTH Aachen University, Kopernikusstreet 16, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstreet 30, Aachen, Germany
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- Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, Trier University of Applied Sciences, Schneidershof, Trier, Germany
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- Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, Trier University of Applied Sciences, Schneidershof, Trier, Germany
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- Research Area Information Theory and Systematic Design of Communication Systems, RWTH Aachen University, Kopernikusstreet 16, Aachen, Germany
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- Chair for Integrated Signal Processing Systems, RWTH Aachen University, Kopernikusstreet 16, Aachen, Germany
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- William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University London, Charterhouse Square, London, United Kingdom
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- Joint Research Center for Computational Biomedicine, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstreet 30, Aachen, Germany
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- Laboratory for Computational Physiology, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Laboratory for Computational Physiology, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Biostatistics Harvard T.H, Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstreet 30, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care and Intermediate Care, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstreet 30, Aachen, Germany.
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Zhou C, Chase JG, Knopp J, Sun Q, Tawhai M, Möller K, Heines SJ, Bergmans DC, Shaw GM, Desaive T. Virtual patients for mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2021; 199:105912. [PMID: 33360683 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2020.105912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mechanical ventilation (MV) is a core intensive care unit (ICU) therapy. Significant inter- and intra- patient variability in lung mechanics and condition makes managing MV difficult. Accurate prediction of patient-specific response to changes in MV settings would enable optimised, personalised, and more productive care, improving outcomes and reducing cost. This study develops a generalised digital clone model, or in-silico virtual patient, to accurately predict lung mechanics in response to changes in MV. METHODS An identifiable, nonlinear hysteresis loop model (HLM) captures patient-specific lung dynamics identified from measured ventilator data. Identification and creation of the virtual patient model is fully automated using the hysteresis loop analysis (HLA) method to identify lung elastances from clinical data. Performance is evaluated using clinical data from 18 volume-control (VC) and 14 pressure-control (PC) ventilated patients who underwent step-wise recruitment maneuvers. RESULTS Patient-specific virtual patient models accurately predict lung response for changes in PEEP up to 12 cmH2O for both volume and pressure control cohorts. R2 values for predicting peak inspiration pressure (PIP) and additional retained lung volume, Vfrc in VC, are R2=0.86 and R2=0.90 for 106 predictions over 18 patients. For 14 PC patients and 84 predictions, predicting peak inspiratory volume (PIV) and Vfrc yield R2=0.86 and R2=0.83. Absolute PIP, PIV and Vfrc errors are relatively small. CONCLUSIONS Overall results validate the accuracy and versatility of the virtual patient model for capturing and predicting nonlinear changes in patient-specific lung mechanics. Accurate response prediction enables mechanically and physiologically relevant virtual patients to guide personalised and optimised MV therapy.
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- Cong Zhou
- School of Civil Aviation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Auckland Bio-Engineering Institute (ABI), University of Auckland, New Zealand
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- Institute for Technical Medicine, Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
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- Department of Intensive Care, School of Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, School of Medicine, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- GIGA-In Silico Medicine, Institute of Physics, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
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Rhoads E, Wall BL, Ren CL. Pediatric pulmonology year in review 2019: Physiology. Pediatr Pulmonol 2020; 55:2848-2852. [PMID: 32729952 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24995] [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] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Pulmonary physiologic assessments are critical for the care and study of pediatric respiratory disease. In 2019, there were numerous contributions to this topic in Pediatric Pulmonology.
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- Eli Rhoads
- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.,Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.,Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.,Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Sel K, Ibrahim B, Jafari R. ImpediBands: Body Coupled Bio-Impedance Patches for Physiological Sensing Proof of Concept. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 2020; 14:757-774. [PMID: 32746337 DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2020.2995810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Continuous and robust monitoring of physiological signals is essential in improving the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The state-of-the-art systems for monitoring vital signs such as heart rate, heart rate variability, respiration rate, and other hemodynamic and respiratory parameters use often bulky and obtrusive systems or depend on wearables with limited sensing methods based on repetitive properties of the signals rather than the morphology. Moreover, multiple devices and modalities are typically needed for capturing various vital signs simultaneously. In this paper, we introduce ImpediBands: small-sized distributed smart bio-impedance (Bio-Z) patches, where the communication between the patches is established through the human body, eliminating the need for electrical wires that would create a common potential point between sensors. We use ImpediBands to collect instantaneous measurements from multiple locations over the chest at the same time. We propose a blind source separation (BSS) technique based on the second-order blind identification (SOBI) followed by signal reconstruction to extract heart and lung activities from the Bio-Z signals. Using the separated source signals, we demonstrate the performance of our system via providing strong confidence in the estimation of heart and respiration rates with low RMSE (HRRMSE = 0.579 beats per minute, RRRMSE = 0.285 breaths per minute), and high correlation coefficients (rHR = 0.948, rRR = 0.921).
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Sel K, Zhao J, Ibrahim B, Jafari R. Measurement of Chest Physiological Signals using Wirelessly Coupled Bio-Impedance Patches. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2020; 2019:376-381. [PMID: 31945919 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2019.8857433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Continuous monitoring of respiration and heart pressure pulse waves generated by lung and heart movements is essential in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular and lung diseases. Traditional methods in measuring these physiological signals are not convenient for long-term monitoring during daily activities and sleeping due to their use of long wires and/or face masks, and leading to patients having to spend long duration in clinics while undergoing supervised monitoring. In this paper, we present a new method to measure global chest physiological signals using small-sized smart band-age like patches placed at different locations of the chest. The introduced patches communicate with each other using human body and detect small variations in the bio-Impedance (Bio-Z) depending on the mechanical heart and lung movements, where one patch injects an AC current from one side of the chest and several Bio-Z sensors measure the voltage difference across different locations of the chest. In order to prevent usage of long wires and increase convenience for wearable applications, electrical connection between current injection and Bio-Z sensing patches are eliminated. Independent component analysis is used to separate sources of physiological observations and improve accuracy of the system. We show that the presented system can successfully detect respiration rate and heart rate with an average error of 4.86% (less than 1 breath per minute) and 1.86% (less than 2 beats per minute) respectively tested on 6 healthy subjects over 6 minutes of data collection for each subject.
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Hochhausen N, Orschulik J, Follmann A, Santos SA, Dohmeier H, Leonhardt S, Rossaint R, Czaplik M. Comparison of two experimental ARDS models in pigs using electrical impedance tomography. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0225218. [PMID: 31721803 PMCID: PMC6853608 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Animal trials contribute to major achievements in medical science. The so-called lavage model is frequently used to evaluate ventilation strategies in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) using electrical impedance tomography (EIT). But, the lavage model itself might have systematic impacts on EIT parameters. Therefore, we established an additional experimental model, in which ARDS is caused by intravenously administered lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In this study, we want to examine if EIT measurements provide consistent results in both experimental models or whether the pathophysiology of the model influences the findings. Overall, we want to compare both experimental models regarding clinical parameters and EIT-derived indices, namely the global inhomogeneity (GI) index and the regional ventilation delay (RVD) index. METHODS Nineteen pigs were included in this study, allocated to the control group (CO; n = 5), lavage group (LAV; n = 7) and LPS group (LPS; n = 7). After baseline measurements and the establishment of ARDS, assessment of respiratory mechanics, hemodynamics, gas exchange and EIT recordings were performed hourly over eight hours. RESULTS In both experimental ARDS models, EIT measurements provided reliable results. But, the GI and the RVD index did not show consistent results as compared to the CO group. Initially, GI and RVD index were higher in the LAV group but not in the LPS group as compared to the CO group. This effect disappeared during the study. Furthermore, the GI index and the RVD index were higher in the LAV group compared to the LPS group in the beginning as well. This, once again, disappeared. Clinical lung injury parameters remained more stable when using LPS. CONCLUSION The two models showed quite different influences on the GI and RVD index. This implies, that the underlying pathophysiology affects EIT parameters and thus the findings. Hence, translation to EIT-guided clinical therapy in humans suffering from ARDS might be limited.
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- Nadine Hochhausen
- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Philips Chair for Medical Information Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Philips Chair for Medical Information Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Philips Chair for Medical Information Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Loughlin CE, Muston HN, Pena MA, Ren CL, Yilmaz O, Noah TL. Pediatric Pulmonology year in review 2018: Asthma, physiology/pulmonary function testing, and respiratory infections. Pediatr Pulmonol 2019; 54:1508-1515. [PMID: 31237426 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24420] [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] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Pediatric Pulmonology publishes original research, reviews, and case reports related to a wide range of children's respiratory disorders. In our "Year in Review" series, we summarize publications in our major topic areas from 2018, in the context of selected literature in these areas from other journals relevant to our discipline. This review covers selected articles on asthma, physiology/lung function testing, and respiratory infections.
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- Ceila E Loughlin
- Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Pediatrics, Riley Children's Hospital, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Pediatrics, Riley Children's Hospital, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Pediatrics, Riley Children's Hospital, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonology, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Longhini F, Maugeri J, Andreoni C, Ronco C, Bruni A, Garofalo E, Pelaia C, Cavicchi C, Pintaudi S, Navalesi P. Electrical impedance tomography during spontaneous breathing trials and after extubation in critically ill patients at high risk for extubation failure: a multicenter observational study. Ann Intensive Care 2019; 9:88. [PMID: 31410738 PMCID: PMC6692788 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-019-0565-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background This study aims to assess the changes in lung aeration and ventilation during the first spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) and after extubation in a population of patients at risk of extubation failure. Methods We included 78 invasively ventilated patients eligible for their first SBT, conducted with low positive end-expiratory pressure (2 cm H2O) for 30 min. We acquired three 5-min electrical impedance tomography (EIT) records at baseline, soon after the beginning (SBT_0) and at the end (SBT_30) of SBT. In the case of SBT failure, ventilation was reinstituted; otherwise, the patient was extubated and two additional records were acquired soon after extubation (SB_0) and 30 min later (SB_30) during spontaneous breathing. Extubation failure was defined by the onset of post-extubation respiratory failure within 48 h after extubation. We computed the changes from baseline of end-expiratory lung impedance (∆EELI), tidal volume (∆Vt%), and the inhomogeneity index. Arterial blood was sampled for gas analysis. Data were compared between sub-groups stratified for SBT and extubation success/failure. Results Compared to SBT success (n = 61), SBT failure (n = 17) showed a greater reduction in ∆EELI at SBT_0 (p < 0.001) and SBT_30 (p = 0.001) and a higher inhomogeneity index at baseline (p = 0.002), SBT_0 (p = 0.003) and SBT_30 (p = 0.005). RR/Vt was not different between groups at baseline but was significantly greater at SBT_0 and SBT_30 in SBT failures, compared to SBT successes (p < 0.001 for both). No differences in ∆Vt% and arterial blood gases were observed between SBT success and failure. The ∆Vt%, ∆EELI, inhomogeneity index and arterial blood gases were not different between patients with extubation success (n = 39) and failure (n = 22) (p > 0.05 for all comparisons). Conclusions Compared to SBT success, SBT failure was characterized by more lung de-recruitment and inhomogeneity. Whether EIT may be useful to monitor SBT remains to be determined. No significant changes in lung ventilation, aeration or homogeneity related to extubation outcome occurred up to 30 min after extubation. Trial registration Retrospectively registered on clinicaltrials.gov (Identifier: NCT03894332; release date 27th March 2019). Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13613-019-0565-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Federico Longhini
- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Sant'Andrea Hospital, ASL VC, Vercelli, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, "Garibaldi Centro" Hospital, ARNAS Garibaldi, Catania, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Infermi Hospital, AUSL Romagna, Rimini, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Sant'Andrea Hospital, ASL VC, Vercelli, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Mater Domini, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa - Loc. Germaneto, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Mater Domini, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa - Loc. Germaneto, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Mater Domini, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa - Loc. Germaneto, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Infermi Hospital, AUSL Romagna, Rimini, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, "Garibaldi Centro" Hospital, ARNAS Garibaldi, Catania, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Mater Domini, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Viale Europa - Loc. Germaneto, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy.
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Grune J, Tabuchi A, Kuebler WM. Alveolar dynamics during mechanical ventilation in the healthy and injured lung. Intensive Care Med Exp 2019; 7:34. [PMID: 31346797 PMCID: PMC6658629 DOI: 10.1186/s40635-019-0226-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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Mechanical ventilation is a life-saving therapy in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, mechanical ventilation itself causes severe co-morbidities in that it can trigger ventilator-associated lung injury (VALI) in humans or ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) in experimental animal models. Therefore, optimization of ventilation strategies is paramount for the effective therapy of critical care patients. A major problem in the stratification of critical care patients for personalized ventilation settings, but even more so for our overall understanding of VILI, lies in our limited insight into the effects of mechanical ventilation at the actual site of injury, i.e., the alveolar unit. Unfortunately, global lung mechanics provide for a poor surrogate of alveolar dynamics and methods for the in-depth analysis of alveolar dynamics on the level of individual alveoli are sparse and afflicted by important limitations. With alveolar dynamics in the intact lung remaining largely a "black box," our insight into the mechanisms of VALI and VILI and the effectiveness of optimized ventilation strategies is confined to indirect parameters and endpoints of lung injury and mortality.In the present review, we discuss emerging concepts of alveolar dynamics including alveolar expansion/contraction, stability/instability, and opening/collapse. Many of these concepts remain still controversial, in part due to limitations of the different methodologies applied. We therefore preface our review with an overview of existing technologies and approaches for the analysis of alveolar dynamics, highlighting their individual strengths and limitations which may provide for a better appreciation of the sometimes diverging findings and interpretations. Joint efforts combining key technologies in identical models to overcome the limitations inherent to individual methodologies are needed not only to provide conclusive insights into lung physiology and alveolar dynamics, but ultimately to guide critical care patient therapy.
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- Jana Grune
- Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- The Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science at St. Michael’s, Toronto, Canada
- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Tomicic V, Cornejo R. Lung monitoring with electrical impedance tomography: technical considerations and clinical applications. J Thorac Dis 2019; 11:3122-3135. [PMID: 31463141 DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2019.06.27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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In recent years there has been substantial progress in the imaging evaluation of patients with lung disease requiring mechanical ventilatory assistance. This has been demonstrated by the inclusion of pulmonary ultrasound, positron emission tomography, electrical impedance tomography (EIT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The EIT uses electric current to evaluate the distribution of alternating current conductivity within the thoracic cavity. The advantage of the latter is that it is non-invasive, bedside radiation-free functional imaging modality for continuous monitoring of lung ventilation and perfusion. EIT can detect recruitment or derecruitment, overdistension, variation of poorly ventilated lung units (silent spaces), and pendelluft phenomenon in spontaneously breathing patients. In addition, the regional expiratory time constants have been recently explored.
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- Vinko Tomicic
- Jefe Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Respiratorios, Clínica Indisa, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile
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- Jefe Unidad de Pacientes Críticos, Departamento de Medicina, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Chile
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Vasques F, Sanderson B, Barrett NA, Camporota L. Monitoring of regional lung ventilation using electrical impedance tomography. Minerva Anestesiol 2019; 85:1231-1241. [PMID: 30945516 DOI: 10.23736/s0375-9393.19.13477-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Among recent lung imaging techniques and devices, electrical impedance tomography (EIT) can provide dynamic information on the distribution regional lung ventilation. EIT images possess a high temporal and functional resolution allowing the visualization of dynamic physiological and pathological changes on a breath-by-breath basis. EIT detects changes in electric impedance (i.e., changes in gas/fluid ratio) and describes them in real time, both visually through images and waveforms, and numerically, allowing the clinician to monitor disease evolution and response to treatment. The use of EIT in clinical practice is supported by several studies demonstrating a good correlation between impedance tomography data and other validated methods of measuring lung volume. In this review, we will provide an overview on the rationale, basic functioning and most common applications of EIT in the management of mechanically ventilated patients.
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- Francesco Vasques
- Department of Adult Critical Care, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's Health Partners, London, UK.,Division of Centre of Human Applied Physiological Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Adult Critical Care, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's Health Partners, London, UK.,Division of Centre of Human Applied Physiological Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Adult Critical Care, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's Health Partners, London, UK.,Division of Centre of Human Applied Physiological Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Adult Critical Care, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, King's Health Partners, London, UK - .,Division of Centre of Human Applied Physiological Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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Rahmel T, Koniusch A, Schwertner M, Oprea G, Adamzik M, Nowak H. Evaluation of inhaled salbutamol effectiveness under supportive use of electrical impedance tomography in ventilated ICU patients: study protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e026038. [PMID: 30862635 PMCID: PMC6429886 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The inhalative administration of drugs is a non-invasive application form that is regularly used in the treatment of ventilated patients in critical care setting. However, assessment of effectiveness or distribution of nebulised drugs is one of the lacking cornerstones of modern intensive care monitoring. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) may provide a promising new monitoring and guiding tool for an adequate optimisation of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients. EIT may assist in defining mechanical ventilation settings, assess distribution of tidal volume and evaluate associated pathologies at bedside. This study aims to elucidate the extent to which the effectiveness of inhaled salbutamol can be increased by the additional use of EIT for optimisation of respirator settings. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This study is a randomised, open-label, superiority trial conducted on an intensive care unit of a German university hospital, comparing two groups of mechanically ventilated patients with an acute or chronic bronchial airway obstruction according to the effectiveness of inhaled salbutamol with (intervention) or without (control) additional use of EIT for optimising ventilator settings. The primary outcome is change in airway resistance 30 min after salbutamol inhalation. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The study has received approval from the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty of Ruhr-University Bochum (17-6306). The results will be made available to critical care survivors, their caregivers, the funders, the critical care societies and other researchers by publication in a peer-reviewed journal. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER DRKS00014706; Pre-results.
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- Tim Rahmel
- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Universitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Universitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Universitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Universitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Universitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Universitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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Major VJ, Chiew YS, Shaw GM, Chase JG. Biomedical engineer's guide to the clinical aspects of intensive care mechanical ventilation. Biomed Eng Online 2018; 17:169. [PMID: 30419903 PMCID: PMC6233601 DOI: 10.1186/s12938-018-0599-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Mechanical ventilation is an essential therapy to support critically ill respiratory failure patients. Current standards of care consist of generalised approaches, such as the use of positive end expiratory pressure to inspired oxygen fraction (PEEP–FiO2) tables, which fail to account for the inter- and intra-patient variability between and within patients. The benefits of higher or lower tidal volume, PEEP, and other settings are highly debated and no consensus has been reached. Moreover, clinicians implicitly account for patient-specific factors such as disease condition and progression as they manually titrate ventilator settings. Hence, care is highly variable and potentially often non-optimal. These conditions create a situation that could benefit greatly from an engineered approach. The overall goal is a review of ventilation that is accessible to both clinicians and engineers, to bridge the divide between the two fields and enable collaboration to improve patient care and outcomes. This review does not take the form of a typical systematic review. Instead, it defines the standard terminology and introduces key clinical and biomedical measurements before introducing the key clinical studies and their influence in clinical practice which in turn flows into the needs and requirements around how biomedical engineering research can play a role in improving care. Given the significant clinical research to date and its impact on this complex area of care, this review thus provides a tutorial introduction around the review of the state of the art relevant to a biomedical engineering perspective. Discussion This review presents the significant clinical aspects and variables of ventilation management, the potential risks associated with suboptimal ventilation management, and a review of the major recent attempts to improve ventilation in the context of these variables. The unique aspect of this review is a focus on these key elements relevant to engineering new approaches. In particular, the need for ventilation strategies which consider, and directly account for, the significant differences in patient condition, disease etiology, and progression within patients is demonstrated with the subsequent requirement for optimal ventilation strategies to titrate for patient- and time-specific conditions. Conclusion Engineered, protective lung strategies that can directly account for and manage inter- and intra-patient variability thus offer great potential to improve both individual care, as well as cohort clinical outcomes.
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- Vincent J Major
- Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
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- School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Malaysia
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- Department of Intensive Care, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Centre for Bioengineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Hlaing Md M, Weitzel N. Cerebral Electrical Impedance Tomography: Background Noise or an Important Signal in Cerebral Monitoring in Aortic Arch Surgery? J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2018; 32:2477-2478. [PMID: 30064853 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Maung Hlaing Md
- Department of AnesthesiologyUniversity of Colorado School of MedicineAurora, CO
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- Department of AnesthesiologyUniversity of Colorado School of MedicineAurora, CO
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