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Scaramuzzo G, Spadaro S, Dalla Corte F, Waldmann AD, Böhm SH, Ragazzi R, Marangoni E, Grasselli G, Pesenti A, Volta CA, Mauri T. Personalized Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Comparison Between Optimal Distribution of Regional Ventilation and Positive Transpulmonary Pressure. Crit Care Med 2020; 48:1148-1156. [PMID: 32697485 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Different techniques exist to select personalized positive end-expiratory pressure in patients affected by the acute respiratory distress syndrome. The positive end-expiratory transpulmonary pressure strategy aims to counteract dorsal lung collapse, whereas electrical impedance tomography could guide positive end-expiratory pressure selection based on optimal homogeneity of ventilation distribution. We compared the physiologic effects of positive end-expiratory pressure guided by electrical impedance tomography versus transpulmonary pressure in patients affected by acute respiratory distress syndrome. DESIGN Cross-over prospective physiologic study. SETTING Two academic ICUs. PATIENTS Twenty ICU patients affected by acute respiratory distress syndrome undergoing mechanical ventilation. INTERVENTION Patients monitored by an esophageal catheter and a 32-electrode electrical impedance tomography monitor underwent two positive end-expiratory pressure titration trials by randomized cross-over design to find the level of positive end-expiratory pressure associated with: 1) positive end-expiratory transpulmonary pressure (PEEPPL) and 2) proportion of poorly or nonventilated lung units (Silent Spaces) less than or equal to 15% (PEEPEIT). Each positive end-expiratory pressure level was maintained for 20 minutes, and afterward, lung mechanics, gas exchange, and electrical impedance tomography data were collected. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS PEEPEIT and PEEPPL differed in all patients, and there was no correlation between the levels identified by the two methods (Rs = 0.25; p = 0.29). PEEPEIT determined a more homogeneous distribution of ventilation with a lower percentage of dependent Silent Spaces (p = 0.02), whereas PEEPPL was characterized by lower airway-but not transpulmonary-driving pressure (p = 0.04). PEEPEIT was significantly higher than PEEPPL in subjects with extrapulmonary acute respiratory distress syndrome (p = 0.006), whereas the opposite was true for pulmonary acute respiratory distress syndrome (p = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS Personalized positive end-expiratory pressure levels selected by electrical impedance tomography- and transpulmonary pressure-based methods are not correlated at the individual patient level. PEEPPL is associated with lower dynamic stress, whereas PEEPEIT may help to optimize lung recruitment and homogeneity of ventilation. The underlying etiology of acute respiratory distress syndrome could deeply influence results from each method.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gaetano Scaramuzzo
- Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Arcispedale Sant'Anna, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Arcispedale Sant'Anna, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
| | - Francesca Dalla Corte
- Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Arcispedale Sant'Anna, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
| | - Andreas D Waldmann
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
| | - Stephan H Böhm
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
| | - Riccardo Ragazzi
- Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Arcispedale Sant'Anna, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
| | - Elisabetta Marangoni
- Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Arcispedale Sant'Anna, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
| | - Giacomo Grasselli
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
| | - Antonio Pesenti
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
| | - Carlo Alberto Volta
- Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Arcispedale Sant'Anna, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
| | - Tommaso Mauri
- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
- Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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