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Weber J, Gutjahr J, Schmidt J, Lozano-Zahonero S, Borgmann S, Schumann S, Wirth S. Effect of individualized PEEP titration guided by intratidal compliance profile analysis on regional ventilation assessed by electrical impedance tomography - a randomized controlled trial. BMC Anesthesiol 2020; 20:42. [PMID: 32079526 PMCID: PMC7033933 DOI: 10.1186/s12871-020-00960-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The application of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) may reduce dynamic strain during mechanical ventilation. Although numerous approaches for PEEP titration have been proposed, there is no accepted strategy for titrating optimal PEEP. By analyzing intratidal compliance profiles, PEEP may be individually titrated for patients. Methods After obtaining informed consent, 60 consecutive patients undergoing general anesthesia were randomly allocated to mechanical ventilation with PEEP 5 cmH2O (control group) or PEEP individually titrated, guided by an analysis of the intratidal compliance profile (intervention group). The primary endpoint was the frequency of each nonlinear intratidal compliance (CRS) profile of the respiratory system (horizontal, increasing, decreasing, and mixed). The secondary endpoints measured were respiratory mechanics, hemodynamic variables, and regional ventilation, which was assessed via electrical impedance tomography. Results The frequencies of the CRS profiles were comparable between the groups. Besides PEEP [control: 5.0 (0.0), intervention: 5.8 (1.1) cmH2O, p < 0.001], the respiratory and hemodynamic variables were comparable between the two groups. The compliance profile analysis showed no significant differences between the two groups. The loss of ventral and dorsal regional ventilation was higher in the control [ventral: 41.0 (16.3)%; dorsal: 25.9 (13.8)%] than in the intervention group [ventral: 29.3 (17.6)%; dorsal: 16.4 (12.7)%; p (ventral) = 0.039, p (dorsal) = 0.028]. Conclusions Unfavorable compliance profiles indicating tidal derecruitment were found less often than in earlier studies. Individualized PEEP titration resulted in slightly higher PEEP. A slight global increase in aeration associated with this was indicated by regional gain and loss analysis. Differences in dorsal to ventral ventilation distribution were not found. Trial registration This clinical trial was registered at the German Register for Clinical Trials (DRKS00008924) on August 10, 2015.
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- Jonas Weber
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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Schumann S, Vimlati L, Kawati R, Guttmann J, Lichtwarck-Aschoff M. Cardiogenic oscillations to detect intratidal derecruitment and overdistension in a porcine model of healthy and atelectatic lungs. Br J Anaesth 2018; 121:928-935. [PMID: 30236255 DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2018.02.068] [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: 10/20/2017] [Revised: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Low positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) can result in alveolar derecruitment, and high PEEP or high tidal volume (VT) in lung overdistension. We investigated cardiogenic oscillations (COS) in the airway pressure signal to investigate whether these oscillations can assess unfavourable intratidal events. COS induce short instantaneous compliance increases within the pressure-volume curve, and consequently in the compliance-volume curve. We hypothesised that increases in COS-induced compliance reflect non-linear intratidal respiratory system mechanics. METHODS In mechanically ventilated anaesthetised pigs with healthy (n=13) or atelectatic (n=12) lungs, pressure-volume relationships and the ECG were acquired at a PEEP of 0, 5, 10, and 15 cm H2O. During inspiration, the peak compliance of successive COS (CCOS) was compared with intratidal respiratory system compliance (CRS) within incremental volume steps up to the full VT of 12 ml kg-1. We analysed whether CCOS variation corresponded with systolic arterial pressure variation. RESULTS CCOS-volume curves showed characteristic intratidal patterns depending on the PEEP level and on atelectasis. Increasing CRS- or CCOS-volume patterns were associated with intratidal derecruitment with low PEEP, and decreasing patterns above 6 ml kg-1 and high PEEP showed overdistension. CCOS was not associated with systolic arterial pressure variations. CONCLUSIONS Heartbeat-induced oscillations within the course of the inspiratory pressure-volume curve reflect non-linear intratidal respiratory system mechanics. The analysis of these cardiogenic oscillations can be used to detect intratidal derecruitment and overdistension and, hence, to guide PEEP and VT settings that are optimal for respiratory system mechanics.
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- S Schumann
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Wirth S, Kreysing M, Spaeth J, Schumann S. Intraoperative compliance profiles and regional lung ventilation improve with increasing positive end-expiratory pressure. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2016; 60:1241-50. [PMID: 27405798 DOI: 10.1111/aas.12767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2015] [Revised: 05/30/2016] [Accepted: 06/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Anaesthesia and mechanical ventilation can lead to impaired lung. Intraoperative positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) should prevent intratidal recruitment/derecruitment without causing overdistension. The intratidal compliance profile indicates both unwanted phenomena. We hypothesized that a higher than usual PEEP improves the intratidal compliance and the regional lung ventilation of patients with healthy lungs. METHODS After ethics approval, 30 adult patients scheduled for limb surgery were investigated at PEEP 5, 7 and 9 cm H2 O during mechanical ventilation. We calculated the dynamic compliance of the respiratory system (CRS ) and the intratidal volume-dependent CRS curve. The CRS curve indicated intratidal recruitment/derecruitment and/or overdistension. Regional ventilation was measured using electrical impedance tomography. RESULTS At PEEP 5, 7 and 9 cm H2 O, intratidal recruitment/derecruitment was observed in 92%, 84% and 46% (P < 0.05) of the patients respectively. Increasing PEEP was associated with recruitment in the dorsal regions of the lungs (P < 0.001). At PEEP 9 cm H2 O, lung overdistension was indicated in two patients. With PEEP levels up to 9 cm H2 O, no significant effects on haemodynamic variables were found. CONCLUSION We conclude that in most patients, the often applied PEEP of 5 cm H2 O is insufficient to prevent intratidal recruitment/derecruitment and that few patients show overdistension at high PEEP levels. To establish optimal pressure-volume relationships in the respiratory system, the analysis of the individual intratidal compliance profiles could be a means for individualized perioperative PEEP titration.
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- S. Wirth
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine; University Medical Center Freiburg; Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine; University Medical Center Freiburg; Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine; University Medical Center Freiburg; Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine; University Medical Center Freiburg; Freiburg Germany
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Wirth S, Artner L, Broß T, Lozano-Zahonero S, Spaeth J, Schumann S. Intratidal recruitment/derecruitment persists at low and moderate positive end-expiratory pressure in paediatric patients. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2016; 234:9-13. [PMID: 27585545 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2016.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Revised: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In paediatric patients positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is traditionally set lower than in adults. We investigated whether moderately higher PEEP improves respiratory mechanics and regional ventilation. Therefore, 40 children were mechanically ventilated with PEEP 2 and 5cmH2O. Volume-dependent compliance profiles were analysed as a measure of intratidal recruitment/derecruitment. Regional ventilation was assessed using electrical impedance tomography. Mean compliance was 17.9±9.9mLcmH2O-1 (PEEP 2cmH2O), and 19.0±10.9mLcmH2O-1 (PEEP 5 cmH2O, p<0.001). Strong intratidal recruitment/derecruitment occurred in 40% of children at PEEP 2 cmH2O, and 36% at PEEP 5 cmH2O. Children showing strong recruitment/derecruitment were 33 (PEEP 2 cmH20) and 20 (PEEP 5 cmH20) months younger than children showing moderate recruitment/derecruitment. A higher PEEP improved peripheral ventilation. In conclusion, mechanically ventilated paediatric patients undergo intratidal recruitment/derecruitment which occurs more prominently in younger than in older children. A PEEP of 5cmH2O does not fully prevent intratidal recruitment/derecruitment but homogenizes regional ventilation in comparison to 2cmH2O.
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- Steffen Wirth
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany
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Wirth S, Biesemann A, Spaeth J, Schumann S. Pneumoperitoneum deteriorates intratidal respiratory system mechanics: an observational study in lung-healthy patients. Surg Endosc 2016; 31:753-760. [PMID: 27324326 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-016-5029-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopic surgery leads to atelectasis and impairment of oxygenation. Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is supposed to counteract atelectasis. We hypothesized that the derecruiting effects of pneumoperitoneum would deteriorate the intratidal compliance profile in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery. METHODS In 30 adult patients scheduled for surgery with pneumoperitoneum, respiratory variables were measured during mechanical ventilation. We calculated the dynamic compliance of the respiratory system (C RS) and the intratidal volume-dependent C RS curve using the gliding-SLICE method. The C RS curve was then classified in terms of indicating intratidal recruitment/derecruitment (increasing profile) and overdistension (decreasing profile). During the surgical interventions, the PEEP level was maintained nearly constant at 7 cm H2O. Data are expressed as mean [confidence interval]. RESULTS Baseline C RS was 60 [54-67] mL cm H2O-1. Application of pneumoperitoneum decreased C RS to 40 [37-43] mL cm H2O-1 which partially recovered to 54 [50-59] mL cm H2O-1 (P < 0.001) after removal but remained below the value measured before pneumoperitoneum (P < 0.001). Baseline compliance profiles indicated intratidal recruitment/derecruitment in 48 % patients. After induction of pneumoperitoneum, intratidal recruitment/derecruitment was indicated in 93 % patients (P < 0.01), and after removal intratidal recruitment/derecruitment was indicated in 59 % patients. Compliance profiles showing overdistension were not observed. CONCLUSIONS Analyses of the intratidal compliance profiles reveal that pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopic surgery causes intratidal recruitment/derecruitment which partly persists after its removal. The analysis of the intratidal volume-dependent C RS profiles could be used to guide intraoperative PEEP adjustments during elevated intraabdominal pressure.
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- Steffen Wirth
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany
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Wirth S, Baur M, Spaeth J, Guttmann J, Schumann S. Intraoperative positive end-expiratory pressure evaluation using the intratidal compliance-volume profile. Br J Anaesth 2014; 114:483-90. [PMID: 25416274 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Lung-protective mechanical ventilation during general surgery including the application of PEEP can reduce postoperative pulmonary complications. In a prospective clinical observation study, we evaluated volume-dependent respiratory system compliance in adult patients undergoing ear-nose-throat surgery with ventilation settings chosen empirically by the attending anaesthetist. METHODS In 40 patients, we measured the respiratory variables during intraoperative mechanical ventilation. All measurements were subdivided into 5 min intervals. Dynamic compliance (CRS) and the intratidal volume-dependent CRS curve was calculated for each interval and classified into one of the six specific compliance profiles indicating intratidal recruitment/derecruitment, overdistension or all. We retrospectively compared the occurrences of the respective compliance profiles at PEEP levels of 5 cm H2O and at higher levels. RESULTS The attending anaesthetists set the PEEP level initially to 5 cm H2O in 29 patients (83%), to 7 cm H2O in 5 patients (14%), and to 8 cm H2O in 2 patients (6%). Across all measurements the mean CRS was 61 (11) ml cm H2O(-1) (40-86 ml cm H2O(-1)) and decreased continuously during the procedure. At PEEP of 5 cm H2O the compliance profile indicating strong intratidal recruitment/derecruitment occurred more often (18.6%) compared with higher PEEP levels (5.5%, P<0.01). Overdistension was practically never observed. CONCLUSIONS In most patients, a PEEP of 5 cm H2O during intraoperative mechanical ventilation is too low to prevent intratidal recruitment/derecruitment. The analysis of the intratidal compliance profile provides the rationale to individually titrate a PEEP level that stabilizes the alveolar recruitment status of the lung during intraoperative mechanical ventilation. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER DRKS00004286.
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- S Wirth
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, Freiburg D-79106, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, Freiburg D-79106, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, Freiburg D-79106, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, Freiburg D-79106, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, Freiburg D-79106, Germany
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Endomicroscopic analysis of time- and pressure-dependent area of subpleural alveoli in mechanically ventilated rats. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2014; 203:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2014.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2014] [Revised: 07/29/2014] [Accepted: 08/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Monitoring of intratidal lung mechanics: a Graphical User Interface for a model-based decision support system for PEEP-titration in mechanical ventilation. J Clin Monit Comput 2014; 28:613-23. [PMID: 24549460 DOI: 10.1007/s10877-014-9562-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In mechanical ventilation, a careful setting of the ventilation parameters in accordance with the current individual state of the lung is crucial to minimize ventilator induced lung injury. Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) has to be set to prevent collapse of the alveoli, however at the same time overdistension should be avoided. Classic approaches of analyzing static respiratory system mechanics fail in particular if lung injury already prevails. A new approach of analyzing dynamic respiratory system mechanics to set PEEP uses the intratidal, volume-dependent compliance which is believed to stay relatively constant during one breath only if neither atelectasis nor overdistension occurs. To test the success of this dynamic approach systematically at bedside or in an animal study, automation of the computing steps is necessary. A decision support system for optimizing PEEP in form of a Graphical User Interface (GUI) was targeted. Respiratory system mechanics were analyzed using the gliding SLICE method. The resulting shapes of the intratidal compliance-volume curve were classified into one of six categories, each associated with a PEEP-suggestion. The GUI should include a graphical representation of the results as well as a quality check to judge the reliability of the suggestion. The implementation of a user-friendly GUI was successfully realized. The agreement between modelled and measured pressure data [expressed as root-mean-square (RMS)] tested during the implementation phase with real respiratory data from two patient studies was below 0.2 mbar for data taken in volume controlled mode and below 0.4 mbar for data taken in pressure controlled mode except for two cases with RMS < 0.6 mbar. Visual inspections showed, that good and medium quality data could be reliably identified. The new GUI allows visualization of intratidal compliance-volume curves on a breath-by-breath basis. The automatic categorisation of curve shape into one of six shape-categories provides the rational decision-making model for PEEP-titration.
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Endoscopic Imaging to Assess Alveolar Mechanics During Quasi-static and Dynamic Ventilatory Conditions in Rats With Noninjured and Injured Lungs*. Crit Care Med 2013; 41:1286-95. [DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e31827712fa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Runck H, Schumann S, Tacke S, Haberstroh J, Guttmann J. Time-dependent recruitment effects in ventilated healthy and lung-injured rats: "recruitment-memory". Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2012; 184:65-72. [PMID: 22910325 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2012.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Revised: 08/02/2012] [Accepted: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We investigated the sustained effects of recruitment manoeuvres in terms of "recruitment memory" in healthy and lung injured rats. 46 ventilated rats were allocated to either the control (sham) or the lavage group. Two consecutive low-flow manoeuvres were performed before sham/lavage and hourly during a 2-h-observation period. The slopes of the inspiratory limbs of the two resulting pressure-volume loops were translated into compliance-volume curves. The difference between the two compliance curves was smaller after lavage (root-mean-square deviation: 0.065 ml/cm H2O control group, 0.038 ml/cm H2O lavage group; p<0.05) and stayed small during the whole experiment. In the control group, the deviation was small after sham manoeuvre but increased throughout the experiment. Compliance gain after recruitment was higher in the control group (0.1 ml/cm H2O) compared to the lavage group (0.02 ml/cm H2O, p<0.05). We conclude that lung lavage led to alveolar collapse not susceptible to recruitment manoeuvres. On the contrary in healthy lungs recruitment manoeuvres led to persistent lung recruitment which we interpret as recruitment memory.
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- Hanna Runck
- Division for Experimental Anaesthesiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany.
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Zhao Z, Guttmann J, Möller K. Assessment of a volume-dependent dynamic respiratory system compliance in ALI/ARDS by pooling breathing cycles. Physiol Meas 2012; 33:N61-7. [PMID: 22828159 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/33/8/n61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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New methods were developed to calculate the volume-dependent dynamic respiratory system compliance (C(rs)) in mechanically ventilated patients. Due to noise in respiratory signals and different characteristics of the methods, their results can considerably differ. The aim of the study was to establish a practical procedure to validate the estimation of intratidal dynamic C(rs). A total of 28 patients from intensive care units of eight German university hospitals with acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) were studied retrospectively. Dynamic volume-dependent C(rs) was determined during ongoing mechanical ventilation with the SLICE method, dynostatic algorithm and adaptive slice method. Conventional two-point compliance C(2P) was calculated for comparison. A number of consecutive breathing cycles were pooled to reduce noise in the respiratory signals. C(rs)-volume curves produced with different methods converged when the number of pooling cycles increased (n ≥ 7). The mean volume-dependent C(rs) of 20 breaths was highly correlated with mean C(2P) (C(2P,mean) = 0.945 × C(rs,mean) - 0.053, r(2) = 0.968, p < 0.0001). The Bland-Altman analysis indicated that C(2P,mean) was lower than C(rs,mean) (-2.4 ± 6.4 ml cm(-1) H(2)O, mean bias ± 2 SD), but not significant according to the paired t-test (p > 0.05). Methods for analyzing dynamic respiratory mechanics are sensitive to noise and will converge to a unique solution when the number of pooled cycles increases. Under steady-state conditions, assessment of the volume-dependent C(rs) in ALI/ARDS patients can be validated by pooling respiratory data of consecutive breaths regardless of which method is applied. Confidence in dynamic C(rs) determination may be increased with the proposed pooling.
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- Zhanqi Zhao
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Furtwangen University, Jakob-Kienzle Strasse 17, D-78054, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany.
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Runck H, Schumann S, Tacke S, Haberstroh J, Guttmann J. Effects of intra-abdominal pressure on respiratory system mechanics in mechanically ventilated rats. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2012; 180:204-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2011] [Revised: 11/16/2011] [Accepted: 11/16/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Zhao Z, Guttmann J, Möller K. Adaptive SLICE method: an enhanced method to determine nonlinear dynamic respiratory system mechanics. Physiol Meas 2011; 33:51-64. [PMID: 22155927 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/33/1/51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The objective of this paper is to introduce and evaluate the adaptive SLICE method (ASM) for continuous determination of intratidal nonlinear dynamic compliance and resistance. The tidal volume is subdivided into a series of volume intervals called slices. For each slice, one compliance and one resistance are calculated by applying a least-squares-fit method. The volume window (width) covered by each slice is determined based on the confidence interval of the parameter estimation. The method was compared to the original SLICE method and evaluated using simulation and animal data. The ASM was also challenged with separate analysis of dynamic compliance during inspiration. If the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in the respiratory data decreased from +∞ to 10 dB, the relative errors of compliance increased from 0.1% to 22% for the ASM and from 0.2% to 227% for the SLICE method. Fewer differences were found in resistance. When the SNR was larger than 40 dB, the ASM delivered over 40 parameter estimates (42.2 ± 1.3). When analyzing the compliance during inspiration separately, the estimates calculated with the ASM were more stable. The adaptive determination of slice bounds results in consistent and reliable parameter values. Online analysis of nonlinear respiratory mechanics will profit from such an adaptive selection of interval size.
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- Zhanqi Zhao
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Furtwangen University, Jakob-Kienzle Straße 17, D-78054, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany.
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Henderson WR, Sheel AW. Pulmonary mechanics during mechanical ventilation. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2011; 180:162-72. [PMID: 22154694 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2011] [Revised: 11/16/2011] [Accepted: 11/23/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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The use of mechanical ventilation has become widespread in the management of hypoxic respiratory failure. Investigations of pulmonary mechanics in this clinical scenario have demonstrated that there are significant differences in compliance, resistance and gas flow when compared with normal subjects. This paper will review the mechanisms by which pulmonary mechanics are assessed in mechanically ventilated patients and will review how the data can be used for investigative research purposes as well as to inform rational ventilator management.
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- William R Henderson
- Program of Critical Care Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Optimisation of positive end-expiratory pressure by forced oscillation technique in a lavage model of acute lung injury. Intensive Care Med 2011; 37:1021-30. [DOI: 10.1007/s00134-011-2211-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2010] [Accepted: 02/10/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Lowhagen K, Lindgren S, Odenstedt H, Stenqvist O, Lundin S. Prolonged moderate pressure recruitment manoeuvre results in lower optimal positive end-expiratory pressure and plateau pressure. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2011; 55:175-84. [PMID: 21226859 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02366.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND In acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), recruitment manoeuvres (RMs) are used frequently. In pigs with induced ALI, superior effects have been found using a slow moderate-pressure recruitment manoeuvre (SLRM) compared with a vital capacity recruitment manoeuvre (VICM). We hypothesized that the positive recruitment effects of SLRM could also be achieved in ALI/ARDS patients. Our primary research question was whether the same compliance could be obtained using lower RM pressure and subsequent positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). Secondly, optimal PEEP levels following the RMs were compared, and the use of volume-dependent compliance (VDC) to identify successful lung recruitment and optimal PEEP was evaluated. PATIENTS AND METHODS We performed a prospective randomised cross-over study where 16 ventilated patients with early ALI/ARDS each were subjected to the two RMs, followed by decremental PEEP titration. Volume-dependent initial, middle and final compliance (C(ini) , C(mid) and C(fin) ) were determined. Electric impedance tomography and end-expiratory lung volume measurements were used to follow lung volume changes. RESULTS The maximum response in compliance, PaO₂/FIO₂, venous admixture and C(ini) /C(fin) after recruitment, during decremental PEEP, was at significantly lower PEEP and plateau pressure after SLRM than VICM. Fewer patients responded in gas exchange after the SLRM, which was not the case for lung mechanics. The response in C(ini) was more pronounced than in conventional compliance. CONCLUSIONS The same compliance increase is achieved with SLRM as with VICM, and lower PEEP can be used, with correspondingly lower plateau pressures. VDC seems promising to identify successful recruitment and optimal PEEP.
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- K Lowhagen
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Zhao Z, Steinmann D, Frerichs I, Guttmann J, Möller K. PEEP titration guided by ventilation homogeneity: a feasibility study using electrical impedance tomography. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2010; 14:R8. [PMID: 20113520 PMCID: PMC2875520 DOI: 10.1186/cc8860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Revised: 12/10/2009] [Accepted: 01/30/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Introduction Lung protective ventilation requires low tidal volume and suitable positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). To date, few methods have been accepted for clinical use to set the appropriate PEEP. The aim of this study was to test the feasibility of PEEP titration guided by ventilation homogeneity using the global inhomogeneity (GI) index based on electrical impedance tomography (EIT) images. Methods In a retrospective study, 10 anesthetized patients with healthy lungs mechanically ventilated under volume-controlled mode were investigated. Ventilation distribution was monitored by EIT. A standardized incremental PEEP trial (PEEP from 0 to 28 mbar, 2 mbar per step) was conducted. During the PEEP trial, "optimal" PEEP level for each patient was determined when the air was most homogeneously distributed in the lung, indicated by the lowest GI index value. Two published methods for setting PEEP were included for comparison based on the maximum global dynamic compliance and the intra-tidal compliance-volume curve. Results No significant differences in the results were observed between the GI index method (12.2 ± 4.6 mbar) and the dynamic compliance method (11.4 ± 2.3 mbar, P > 0.6), or between the GI index and the compliance-volume curve method (12.2 ± 4.9 mbar, P > 0.6). Conclusions According to the results, it is feasible and reasonable to use the GI index to select the PEEP level with respect to ventilation homogeneity. The GI index may provide new insights into the relationship between lung mechanics and tidal volume distribution and may be used to guide ventilator settings.
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- Zhanqi Zhao
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Furtwangen University, Jakob-Kienzle-Strasse 17, D-78054 Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany.
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Schumann S, Kirschbaum A, Schliessmann SJ, Wagner G, Goebel U, Priebe HJ, Guttmann J. Low pulmonary artery flush perfusion pressure combined with high positive end-expiratory pressure reduces oedema formation in isolated porcine lungs. Physiol Meas 2010; 31:261-72. [PMID: 20086272 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/31/2/011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Flush perfusion of the pulmonary artery with organ protection solution is a standard procedure before lung explantation. However, rapid flush perfusion may cause pulmonary oedema which is deleterious in the lung transplantation setting. In this study we tested the hypotheses that high pulmonary perfusion pressure contributes to the development of pulmonary oedema and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) counteracts oedema formation. We expected oedema formation to increase weight and decrease compliance of the lungs on the basis of a decrease in alveolar volume as fluid replaces alveolar air spaces. The pulmonary artery of 28 isolated porcine lungs was perfused with a low-potassium dextrane solution at low (mean 27 mmHg) or high (mean 40 mmHg) pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) during mechanical ventilation at low (4 cmH(2)O) or high (8 cmH(2)O) PEEP, respectively. Following perfusion and storage, relative increases in lung weight were smaller (p < 0.05) during perfusion at low PAP (62 +/- 32% and 42 +/- 26%, respectively) compared to perfusion at high PAP (133 +/- 54% and 87 +/- 30%, respectively). Compared to all other PAP-PEEP combinations, increases in lung weight were smallest (44 +/- 9% and 27 +/- 12%, respectively), nonlinear intratidal lung compliance was largest (46% and 17% respectively, both p < 0.05) and lung histology showed least infiltration of mononuclear cells in the alveolar septa, and least alveolar destruction during the combination of low perfusion pressure and high PEEP. The findings suggest that oedema formation during pulmonary artery flush perfusion in isolated and ventilated lungs can be reduced by choosing low perfusion pressure and high PEEP. PAP-PEEP titration to minimize pulmonary oedema should be based on lung mechanics and PAP monitoring.
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- Stefan Schumann
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Division of Experimental Anaesthesiology, University Medical Centre Freiburg, Germany.
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Sensorik und Monitoring. BIOMED ENG-BIOMED TE 2010. [DOI: 10.1515/bmt.2010.713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Ganzert S, Möller K, Steinmann D, Schumann S, Guttmann J. Pressure-dependent stress relaxation in acute respiratory distress syndrome and healthy lungs: an investigation based on a viscoelastic model. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2009; 13:R199. [PMID: 20003211 PMCID: PMC2811954 DOI: 10.1186/cc8203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2009] [Revised: 11/17/2009] [Accepted: 12/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Introduction Limiting the energy transfer between ventilator and lung is crucial for ventilatory strategy in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Part of the energy is transmitted to the viscoelastic tissue components where it is stored or dissipates. In mechanically ventilated patients, viscoelasticity can be investigated by analyzing pulmonary stress relaxation. While stress relaxation processes of the lung have been intensively investigated, non-linear interrelations have not been systematically analyzed, and such analyses have been limited to small volume or pressure ranges. In this study, stress relaxation of mechanically ventilated lungs was investigated, focusing on non-linear dependence on pressure. The range of inspiratory capacity was analyzed up to a plateau pressure of 45 cmH2O. Methods Twenty ARDS patients and eleven patients with normal lungs under mechanical ventilation were included. Rapid flow interruptions were repetitively applied using an automated super-syringe maneuver. Viscoelastic resistance, compliance and time constant were determined by multiple regression analysis using a lumped parameter model. This same viscoelastic model was used to investigate the frequency dependence of the respiratory system's impedance. Results The viscoelastic time constant was independent of pressure, and it did not differ between normal and ARDS lungs. In contrast, viscoelastic resistance increased non-linearly with pressure (normal: 8.4 (7.4-11.9) [median (lower - upper quartile)] to 35.2 (25.6-39.5) cmH2O·sec/L; ARDS: 11.9 (9.2-22.1) to 73.5 (56.8-98.7)cmH2O·sec/L), and viscoelastic compliance decreased non-linearly with pressure (normal: 130.1(116.9-151.3) to 37.4(34.7-46.3) mL/cmH2O; ARDS: 125.8(80.0-211.0) to 17.1(13.8-24.7)mL/cmH2O). The pulmonary impedance increased with pressure and decreased with respiratory frequency. Conclusions Viscoelastic compliance and resistance are highly non-linear with respect to pressure and differ considerably between ARDS and normal lungs. None of these characteristics can be observed for the viscoelastic time constant. From our analysis of viscoelastic properties we cautiously conclude that the energy transfer from the respirator to the lung can be reduced by application of low inspiratory plateau pressures and high respiratory frequencies. This we consider to be potentially lung protective.
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- Steven Ganzert
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Medical Center, Freiburg, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany.
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Schumann S, Burcza B, Haberthür C, Lichtwarck-Aschoff M, Guttmann J. Estimating intratidal nonlinearity of respiratory system mechanics: a model study using the enhanced gliding-SLICE method. Physiol Meas 2009; 30:1341-56. [PMID: 19864706 DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/30/12/004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In the clinical situation and in most research work, the analysis of respiratory system mechanics is limited to the estimation of single-value compliances during static or quasi-static conditions. In contrast, our SLICE method analyses intratidal nonlinearity under the dynamic conditions of mechanical ventilation by calculating compliance and resistance for six conjoined volume portions (slices) of the pressure-volume loop by multiple linear regression analysis. With the gliding-SLICE method we present a new approach to determine continuous intratidal nonlinear compliance. The performance of the gliding-SLICE method was tested both in computer simulations and in a physical model of the lung, both simulating different intratidal compliance profiles. Compared to the original SLICE method, the gliding-SLICE method resulted in smaller errors when calculating the compliance or pressure course (all p < 0.001) and in a significant reduction of the discontinuity error for compliance determination which was reduced from 12.7 +/- 7.2 cmH(2)O s L(-1) to 0.8 +/- 0.3 cmH(2)O s L(-1) (mathematical model) and from 7.2 +/- 3.9 cmH(2)O s L(-1) to 0.4 +/- 0.2 cmH(2)O s L(-1) (physical model) (all p < 0.001). We conclude that the new gliding-SLICE method allows detailed assessment of intratidal nonlinear respiratory system mechanics without discontinuity error.
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- Stefan Schumann
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Division for Experimental Anaesthesiology, University Medical Centre of Freiburg, Germany.
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Schumann S, Stahl CA, Möller K, Schneider M, Metzke R, Wall WA, Priebe H, Guttmann J. Contact‐free determination of material characteristics using a newly developed pressure‐operated strain‐applying bioreactor. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2008; 86:483-92. [DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Fast and Slow Compliance: Time, in Addition to Pressure and Volume, is a Key Factor for Lung Mechanics. Intensive Care Med 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/0-387-35096-9_38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Respiratory system inertance corresponds to extravascular lung water in surfactant-deficient piglets. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2007; 160:313-9. [PMID: 18068554 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2007] [Revised: 09/19/2007] [Accepted: 10/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In various cardio-pulmonary diseases lung mass is considerably increased due to intrapulmonary fluid accumulation, i.e. extravascular lung water (EVLW). Generally, inertance is a physical system parameter that is mass-dependent. We hypothesized that changes in lung mass influence the inertive behavior of the respiratory system. EVLW and intrathoracic blood volume (ITBV) were compared with respiratory system inertance (I(rs)) in four piglets before and after broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) that induced surfactant deficiency with interstitial edema. EVLW and ITBV were determined using the double-indicator dilution technique, I(rs) by multiple linear regression analysis. Measurements were taken before, and 1 and 2 h after BAL. EVLW increased threefold (from 6.2+/-0.8 mL/kg at baseline to 17.7+/-0.9 mL/kg (p < 0.001) after BAL). I(rs) increased by 35% (from 0.17+/-0.02 to 0.23+/-0.04 cmH(2)O s(2)/L (p = 0.036) after BAL) and was tightly correlated to EVLW (r(2) = 0.95, p < 0.023). ITBV did not change significantly after BAL. We conclude that I(rs) reflects actual changes in lung mass and thus hints at fluid accumulation within the lung.
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Kawati R, Vimlati L, Guttmann J, Hedenstierna G, Sjöstrand U, Schumann S, Lichtwarck-Aschoff M. Change in Expiratory Flow Detects Partial Endotracheal Tube Obstruction in Pressure-Controlled Ventilation. Anesth Analg 2006; 103:650-7. [PMID: 16931676 DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000229777.80271.4a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Only extreme degrees of endotracheal tube (ETT) narrowing can be detected with monitoring of tidal volume (V(T)) during pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV). To assess the degree of ETT obstruction in PCV and to compare it to V(T) monitoring, we produced 3 levels of partial ETT obstruction in 11 healthy anesthetized piglets using ETTs of 4 different inner diameters (IDs 9.0, 8.0, 7.0, and 6.0 mm). An expiratory flow over volume ((e)-V) curve was plotted and the time constant (tau(e)) at 15% of expiration time (T(e)) was calculated. We also calculated the fractional volume expired during the first 15% of T(e) (V(ex fract,15)) and compared those variables to full expiratory V(T) for each of the 3 obstructions. V(T) monitoring failed to detect ETT narrowing. By contrast, V(ex fract,15) decreased and tau(e) increased significantly with increasing ETT narrowing (for IDs 9.0, 8.0, 7.0, and 6.0, mean V(ex fract,15) was 195, 180, 146, and 134 mL respectively and mean tau(e) was 380, 491, 635, 794 ms for IDs 9.0, 8.0, 7.0, and 6.0 respectively). We conclude that when the elastic recoil that drives (e) is appropriately considered, analysis of (e) and V(ex fract,15) detects partial ETT obstruction during PCV.
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- Rafael Kawati
- Department of Surgical Sciences/Anesthesiology & Intensive Care, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Stahl CA, Möller K, Schumann S, Kuhlen R, Sydow M, Putensen C, Guttmann J. Dynamic versus static respiratory mechanics in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Crit Care Med 2006; 34:2090-8. [PMID: 16755254 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000227220.67613.0d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES It is not clear whether the mechanical properties of the respiratory system assessed under the dynamic condition of mechanical ventilation are equivalent to those assessed under static conditions. We hypothesized that the analyses of dynamic and static respiratory mechanics provide different information in acute respiratory failure. DESIGN Prospective multiple-center study. SETTING Intensive care units of eight German university hospitals. PATIENTS A total of 28 patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS Dynamic respiratory mechanics were determined during ongoing mechanical ventilation with an incremental positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) protocol with PEEP steps of 2 cm H2O every ten breaths. Static respiratory mechanics were determined using a low-flow inflation. MAIN RESULTS The dynamic compliance was lower than the static compliance. The difference between dynamic and static compliance was dependent on alveolar pressure. At an alveolar pressure of 25 cm H2O, dynamic compliance was 29.8 (17.1) mL/cm H2O and static compliance was 59.6 (39.8) mL/cm H2O (median [interquartile range], p < .05). End-inspiratory volumes during the incremental PEEP trial coincided with the static pressure-volume curve, whereas end-expiratory volumes significantly exceeded the static pressure-volume curve. The differences could be attributed to PEEP-related recruitment, accounting for 40.8% (10.3%) of the total volume gain of 1964 (1449) mL during the incremental PEEP trial. Recruited volume per PEEP step increased from 6.4 (46) mL at zero end-expiratory pressure to 145 (91) mL at a PEEP of 20 cm H2O (p < .001). Dynamic compliance decreased at low alveolar pressure while recruitment simultaneously increased. Static mechanics did not allow this differentiation. The decrease in static compliance occurred at higher alveolar pressures compared with the dynamic analysis. CONCLUSIONS Exploiting dynamic respiratory mechanics during incremental PEEP, both compliance and recruitment can be assessed simultaneously. Based on these findings, application of dynamic respiratory mechanics as a diagnostic tool in ventilated patients should be more appropriate than using static pressure-volume curves.
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- Claudius A Stahl
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany
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Alveolar recruitment is one of the primary goals of respiratory care for acute lung injury. It is aimed at improving pulmonary gas exchange and, even more important, at protecting the lungs from ventilator-induced trauma. This review addresses the concept of alveolar recruitment for lung protection in acute lung injury. It provides reasons for why atelectasis and atelectrauma should be avoided; it analyses current and future approaches on how to achieve and preserve alveolar recruitment; and it discusses the possibilities of detecting alveolar recruitment and derecruitment. The latter is of particular clinical relevance because interventions aimed at lung recruitment are often undertaken without simultaneous verification of their effectiveness.
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- G Mols
- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
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Haberthür C, Guttmann J. Short-term effects of positive end-expiratory pressure on breathing pattern: an interventional study in adult intensive care patients. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2005; 9:R407-15. [PMID: 16137354 PMCID: PMC1269457 DOI: 10.1186/cc3735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2005] [Revised: 04/18/2005] [Accepted: 05/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is used in mechanically ventilated patients to increase pulmonary volume and improve gas exchange. However, in clinical practice and with respect to adult, ventilator-dependent patients, little is known about the short-term effects of PEEP on breathing patterns. METHODS In 30 tracheally intubated, spontaneously breathing patients, we sequentially applied PEEP to the trachea at 0, 5 and 10 cmH2O, and then again at 5 cmH2O for 30 s each, using the automatic tube compensation mode. RESULTS Increases in PEEP were strongly associated with drops in minute ventilation (P < 0.0001) and respiratory rate (P < 0.0001). For respiratory rate, a 1 cmH2O change in PEEP in either direction resulted in a change in rate of 0.4 breaths/min. The effects were exclusively due to changes in expiratory time. Effects began to manifest during the first breath and became fully established in the second breath for each PEEP level. Identical responses were found when PEEP levels were applied for 10 or 60 s. Post hoc analysis revealed a similar but stronger response in patients with impaired respiratory system compliance. CONCLUSION In tracheally intubated, spontaneously breathing adult patients, the level of PEEP significantly influences the resting short-term breathing pattern by selectively affecting expiratory time. These findings are best explained by the Hering-Breuer inflation/deflation reflex.
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- Christoph Haberthür
- Assistant Professor and head of Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesia, Kantonsspital Luzern, Switzerland
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- Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Section of Experimental Anaesthesiology, Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
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Kirchner EA, Mols G, Hermle G, Muehlschlegel JD, Geiger KK, Guttmann J, Pahl HL. Reduced activation of immunomodulatory transcription factors during positive end-expiratory pressure adjustment based on volume-dependent compliance in isolated perfused rabbit lungs. Br J Anaesth 2005; 94:530-5. [PMID: 15665073 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Repeated alveolar collapse and cyclic alveolar overdistension with associated activation of inflammatory signalling cascades contribute to ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). The appropriate positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) which prevents or ameliorates VILI is unknown. In the isolated perfused lung, repeated adjustments of PEEP based on the continuously analysed intratidal compliance-volume curve have previously been shown to result in full end-expiratory alveolar recruitment and low risk of cyclic alveolar overdistension. Accordingly, we tested the hypothesis that such ventilatory management reduces intrapulmonary activation of the immunomodulatory transcription factors nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB), activator protein 1 (AP-1) and cAMP-responsive element binding protein (CREB) which induce the expression of various chemokines and cytokines. METHODS Isolated perfused rabbit lungs were randomly allocated to one of three groups: zero end-expiratory pressure (ZEEP) to induce repeated alveolar collapse (n=6), high PEEP to induce cyclic alveolar overdistension (n=6) and repeated PEEP adjustments based on intratidal compliance-volume curve analysis by the slice method to minimize repeated alveolar collapse and overdistension (n=9). All lungs were ventilated with a tidal volume of 6 ml kg(-1) bodyweight for 120 min. Thereafter, activation of transcription factors NF-kappaB, AP-1 and CREB in lung tissue was analysed by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. RESULTS High PEEP was associated with the highest activation of NF-kappaB and AP-1 and repeated PEEP adjustments with the lowest activation when compared with the other two study groups (P<0.001). In contrast, activation of CREB did not differ between groups. Activated NF-kappaB and AP-1 protein complexes consisted mainly of the transactivators p50/p65 and c-Fos/Jun, respectively. CONCLUSIONS In isolated perfused rabbit lungs, repeated adjustments of PEEP based on the continuously analysed intratidal compliance-volume curve were associated with less activation of early steps of inflammatory signalling cascades than ventilation with ZEEP or high PEEP.
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- E A Kirchner
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital, Hugstetterstrasse 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
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- O Stenqvist
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Sondergaard S, Kárason S, Wiklund J, Lundin S, Stenqvist O. Alveolar pressure monitoring: an evaluation in a lung model and in patients with acute lung injury. Intensive Care Med 2003; 29:955-962. [PMID: 12690438 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1730-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2002] [Accepted: 02/24/2003] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We evaluated an algorithm for continuous on-line monitoring of alveolar pressure over time in a lung model with lower and upper inflection points and variable resistance ratios and in patients with acute lung injury. The algorithm is based on "static" pressure/volume curves obtained from tracheal pressure measurements under dynamic conditions. DESIGN AND SETTING Experimental and clinical evaluation of algorithm in a university hospital laboratory and intensive care unit. PATIENTS Ten patients undergoing postoperative respiratory therapy (feasibility of tracheal measurement) and ten patients with acute lung injury undergoing ventilator treatment (evaluation of algorithm). MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Direct tracheal pressure measurements with a catheter inserted through the endotracheal tube. Comparison of measured alveolar and the dynostatic alveolar pressure vs. time in a lung model with changes in five ventilatory parameters. Examples of clinical monitoring are reported. In the model there was excellent agreement between alveolar pressures obtained by the algorithm, the dynostatic alveolar pressure, and measured alveolar pressure at all ventilator settings. For inspiratory/expiratory resistance ratios between 1:2.1-2.1:1, the dynostatic alveolar pressure was within +/-1.5 cm H(2)O of measured alveolar pressure. In patients the technique for direct tracheal pressure measurement using a catheter inserted through the endotracheal tube functioned satisfactorily with intermittent air flushes for cleansing. CONCLUSIONS Using a thin tracheal pressure catheter inserted through the endotracheal tube alveolar pressure allows continuous bedside monitoring with ease and precision using the dynostatic algorithm. The method is unaffected by tube and connector geometry or by secretions.
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- S Sondergaard
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Schmalisch G, Schmidt M, Proquitté H, Foitzik B, Rüdiger M, Wauer RR. Measurement of changes in respiratory mechanics during partial liquid ventilation using jet pulses. Crit Care Med 2003; 31:1435-41. [PMID: 12771615 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000063041.94690.76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the changes in respiratory mechanics within the breathing cycle in healthy lungs between gas ventilation and partial liquid ventilation using a special forced-oscillation technique. DESIGN Prospective animal trial. SETTINGS Animal laboratory in a university setting. SUBJECTS A total of 12 newborn piglets (age, <12 hrs; mean weight, 725 g). INTERVENTIONS After intubation and instrumentation, lung mechanics of the anesthetized piglets were measured by forced-oscillation technique at the end of inspiration and the end of expiration. The measurements were performed during gas ventilation and 80 mins after instillation of 30 mL/kg perfluorocarbon PF 5080. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Brief flow pulses (width, 10 msec; peak flow, 16 L/min) were generated by a jet generator to measure the end-inspiratory and the end-expiratory respiratory input impedance in the frequency range of 4-32 Hz. The mechanical variables resistance, inertance, and compliance were determined by model fitting, using the method of least squares. At least in the lower frequency range, respiratory mechanics could be described adequately by an RIC single-compartment model in all piglets. During gas ventilation, the respiratory variables resistance and inertance did not differ significantly between end-inspiratory and end-expiratory measurements (mean [sd]: 4.2 [0.7] vs. 4.1 [0.6] kPa x L(-1) x sec, 30.0 [3.2] vs. 30.7 [3.1] Pa x L(-1) x sec2, respectively), whereas compliance decreased during inspiration from 14.8 (2.0) to 10.2 (2.4) mL x kPa(-1) x kg(-1) due to a slight lung overdistension. During partial liquid ventilation, the end-inspiratory respiratory mechanics was not different from the end-inspiratory respiratory mechanics measured during gas ventilation. However, in contrast to gas ventilation during partial liquid ventilation, compliance rose from 8.2 (1.0) to 13.0 (3.0) mL x kPa(-1) x kg(-1) during inspiration. During expiration, when perfluorocarbon came into the upper airways, both resistance and inertance increased considerably (mean with 95% confidence interval) by 34.3% (23.1%-45.8%) and 104.1% (96.0%-112.1%), respectively. CONCLUSIONS The changes in the respiratory mechanics within the breathing cycle are considerably higher during partial liquid ventilation compared with gas ventilation. This dependence of lung mechanics from the pulmonary gas volume hampers the comparability of dynamic measurements during partial liquid ventilation, and the magnitude of these changes cannot be detected by conventional respiratory-mechanical analysis using time-averaged variables.
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- Gerd Schmalisch
- Clinic of Neonatology (Charité), Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
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Sondergaard S, Kárason S, Hanson A, Nilsson K, Wiklund J, Lundin S, Stenqvist O. The dynostatic algorithm accurately calculates alveolar pressure on-line during ventilator treatment in children. Paediatr Anaesth 2003; 13:294-303. [PMID: 12753441 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.01064.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Monitoring of respiratory mechanics during ventilator treatment in paediatric intensive care is currently based on pressure and flow measurements in the ventilator or at the Y-piece. The characteristics of the tracheal tube will modify the pressures affecting the airways and alveoli in an unpredictable manner. The dynostatic algorithm (DSA), based on a one-compartment lung model, calculates the alveolar pressure during on-going ventilation. The DSA is based on accurate measurement of tracheal pressure. The purpose of this study was to test the validity of the DSA in a paediatric lung model and to apply the concept in an observational clinical study in children. METHODS We validated the DSA in a paediatric lung model with linear, nonlinear pressure flow and frequency-dependent characteristics by comparing calculated dynostatic (alveolar) pressures with directly measured alveolar pressures in the model and proximal plateau pressure with maximum alveolar pressure. Sixty combinations of ventilation modes, positive end expiratory pressures, inspiratory : expiratory ratios, volumes and frequencies were studied. A 0.25-mm fibreoptic pressure transducer in the tube lumen was used in combination with volume and flow from ventilator signals. Clinical measurements were performed in eight patients during anaesthesia and postoperative ventilator treatment. RESULTS In the lung model we found a correlation coefficient between calculated and measured alveolar pressure of 0.93-0.99 with root mean square median values of 1 cm H2O. Distal plateau pressure agreed well with maximum alveolar pressure. In the clinical situation, the algorithm provided a breath-by-breath display of the volume-dependent lung compliance and the temporal course of alveolar pressure during uninterrupted ventilation. CONCLUSIONS Fibreoptic measurement of tracheal pressure in combination with the dynostatic calculation of alveolar pressure provides an on-line monitoring of the effects of ventilatory mode in terms of volume-dependent compliance, tracheal peak pressure and true positive end expiratory pressure.
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- Soren Sondergaard
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Ganzert S, Guttmann J, Kersting K, Kuhlen R, Putensen C, Sydow M, Kramer S. Analysis of respiratory pressure-volume curves in intensive care medicine using inductive machine learning. Artif Intell Med 2002; 26:69-86. [PMID: 12234718 DOI: 10.1016/s0933-3657(02)00053-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We present a case study of machine learning and data mining in intensive care medicine. In the study, we compared different methods of measuring pressure-volume curves in artificially ventilated patients suffering from the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Our aim was to show that inductive machine learning can be used to gain insights into differences and similarities among these methods. We defined two tasks: the first one was to recognize the measurement method producing a given pressure-volume curve. This was defined as the task of classifying pressure-volume curves (the classes being the measurement methods). The second was to model the curves themselves, that is, to predict the volume given the pressure, the measurement method and the patient data. Clearly, this can be defined as a regression task. For these two tasks, we applied C5.0 and CUBIST, two inductive machine learning tools, respectively. Apart from medical findings regarding the characteristics of the measurement methods, we found some evidence showing the value of an abstract representation for classifying curves: normalization and high-level descriptors from curve fitting played a crucial role in obtaining reasonably accurate models. Another useful feature of algorithms for inductive machine learning is the possibility of incorporating background knowledge. In our study, the incorporation of patient data helped to improve regression results dramatically, which might open the door for the individual respiratory treatment of patients in the future.
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- Steven Ganzert
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany.
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Hermle G, Mols G, Zügel A, Benzing A, Lichtwarck-Aschoff M, Geiger K, Guttmann J. Intratidal compliance-volume curve as an alternative basis to adjust positive end-expiratory pressure: a study in isolated perfused rabbit lungs. Crit Care Med 2002; 30:1589-97. [PMID: 12130984 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200207000-00032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Repeated collapse and reopening of alveoli have been shown to aggravate lung injury, which could be prevented by positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). Yet, how to adjust optimum PEEP is a matter of debate. We suggest a new strategy to adjust PEEP, which is based on the analysis of the intratidal compliance-volume curve. This approach was compared with a strategy based on the static pressure-volume curve. Furthermore, two other ventilator settings were investigated. One served as a negative control likely to provoke atelectasis, and the other was expected to induce overdistension. DESIGN Prospective, randomized block design. SETTING Laboratory. SUBJECTS Isolated, perfused, and ventilated rabbit lungs. INTERVENTIONS Tidal volumes of 8 mL/kg of body weight were used throughout. After stabilization, the lungs were randomized to one of four protocols (lasting 120 mins; n = 6 per group). Group 1 was ventilated at zero end-expiratory pressure. In group 2, PEEP was set above the lower inflection point of the static pressure-volume curve. In group 3, adjustment of PEEP was based on the intratidal compliance-volume curve, as determined by the slice method. In group 4, increasing PEEP levels ensured a plateau airway pressure of 20-25 cm H2O likely to provoke overdistension. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The ventilation/perfusion (VA/Q) distribution was analyzed by the multiple inert gas elimination technique. Alveolar derecruitment was indicated by shunt and low VA/Q areas as observed in group 1. In groups 2 and 3, VA/Q data initially indicated full recruitment. In contrast to group 3, shunt increased in group 2 near completion of the experiments. Group 4 showed complete recruitment, but the VA/Q distribution included high VA/Q areas. CONCLUSIONS The intratidal compliance-volume curve represents a rational basis for adjusting PEEP in the isolated lung model. Because this strategy does not require invasive measures and facilitates continuous assessment of ventilator settings, it may be of clinical interest.
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- Gerd Hermle
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
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Mols G, Hermle G, Fries G, Benzing A, Lichtwarck-Aschoff M, Geiger K, Guttmann J. Different strategies to keep the lung open: a study in isolated perfused rabbit lungs. Crit Care Med 2002; 30:1598-604. [PMID: 12130985 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200207000-00033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Atelectatic alveoli can be recruited or kept open either by sustained inflation maneuvers or by positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). Little is known about potential interactions between both approaches. Especially, it is not known whether the recruiting effect of sustained inflation maneuvers is maintained in combination with a low PEEP, as suggested recently. In an attempt to answer this question, we combined sustained inflation maneuvers with either high or low PEEP. Both approaches were compared with a strategy likely to result in alveolar atelectasis and with another ensuring adequate alveolar recruitment by adjustment of PEEP alone. DESIGN Randomized block design. SETTING Laboratory. SUBJECTS Isolated perfused rabbit lungs (n = 28). INTERVENTIONS The lungs were ventilated with a tidal volume of 8 mL/kg. After stabilization, the lungs were randomized to one of four ventilatory strategies, which then were followed for 120 mins: a) PEEP 1 cm H2O (PEEP1, negative control); b) PEEP 1 cm H2O and 30 sec-sustained inflations (20 cm H2O) every 30 mins (SI-1); c) PEEP 3 cm H2O combined with sustained inflations (SI-3); and d) PEEP repeatedly adjusted following a previously established strategy ensuring full alveolar recruitment (DYN, positive control). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Distribution of ventilation and perfusion (Va/Q distribution) was analyzed by the multiple inert gas elimination technique. Volume-dependent compliance within the tidal volume was determined by using the slice method. Shunt and Va/Q mismatch significantly differed between SI-1 and SI-3, indicating full alveolar recruitment only in the latter. Data of SI-1 did not differ substantially from those of PEEP1, and data obtained in SI-3 were similar to those of DYN. CONCLUSIONS First, enduring alveolar recruitment by sustained inflation maneuvers is only possible when the alveoli are stabilized thereafter by sufficient PEEP. Second, a ventilation strategy that uses repeated sustained inflations on a comparably high PEEP may not be superior to adequate adjustment of PEEP alone.
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- Georg Mols
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
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Markström A, Hedlund A, Sjöstrand U, Nordgren A, Lichtwarck-Aschoff M. Effects of sustained pressure application on compliance and blood gases in healthy porcine lungs. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2001; 45:1235-40. [PMID: 11736676 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2001.451011.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Short periods of sustained increase in airway pressures (Press(up)) are believed to re-open lung areas that collapsed upon induction of anaesthesia. Recruitment of alveolar surface is usually assessed in terms of changes in the pressure-volume (PV) curve. The purpose of this study was to analyse PV-curves before and after a Press(up) and to ascertain whether such changes are compatible with the concept of recruitment of lung volume. METHODS During ketamine anaesthesia, 12 healthy piglets were subjected to a Press(up) with end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) of 12 cmH2O and end-inspiratory pressure of 40 cmH2O. Before and after Press(up), PV-curves were obtained from a slow insufflation of 630 ml at zero PEEP (ZEEP). RESULTS Compliance was non-linear both before and after Press(up) increasing up to 300 ml and sharply decreasing thereafter. After Press(up), the entire compliance curve was shifted to a higher absolute level. Up to 100 ml and a pressure level corresponding to the lower inflection point on the PV-curve (LIP), compliance was higher before Press(up). No effects on blood gases could be observed. CONCLUSION If the similar shape of the compliance curve corresponds to a similar chain of re-opening and overdistension events, this would imply that all volume gained by Press(up) is lost within 10 min, without explaining the higher absolute compliance following Press(up). We speculate that a) re-opening of rapidly collapsing small airways determines the initial compliance increase; b) the lower compliance after Press(up) until LIP indicates reduced intratidal re-opening of lung regions; and c) changes in bronchomotor tone induced by Press(up) raise the absolute compliance, with a similar scenario of alveolar and small airway recruitment now taking place but at different degrees of airway stiffness.
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- A Markström
- Department of Surgical Sciences/Section of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Mols G, Kessler V, Benzing A, Lichtwarck-Aschoff M, Geiger K, Guttmann J. Is pulmonary resistance constant, within the range of tidal volume ventilation, in patients with ARDS? Br J Anaesth 2001; 86:176-82. [PMID: 11573656 PMCID: PMC8543332 DOI: 10.1093/bja/86.2.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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When managing patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), respiratory system compliance is usually considered first and changes in resistance, although recognized, are neglected. Resistance can change considerably between minimum and maximum lung volume, but is generally assumed to be constant in the tidal volume range (V(T)). We measured resistance during tidal ventilation in 16 patients with ARDS or acute lung injury by the slice method and multiple linear regression analysis. Resistance was constant within V(T) in only six of 16 patients. In the remaining patients, resistance decreased, increased or showed complex changes. We conclude that resistance within V(T) varies considerably from patient to patient and that constant resistance within V(T) is not always likely.
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- G Mols
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
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Kessler V, Guttmann J, Newth CJ. Dynamic respiratory system mechanics in infants during pressure and volume controlled ventilation. Eur Respir J 2001; 17:115-21. [PMID: 11307740 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.01.17101150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Dynamic respiratory system mechanics can be determined using multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis. There is no need for a particular ventilator setting or for a special ventilatory manoeuvre. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not different ventilator modes and the flow-dependent resistance of the endotracheal tube (ETT) influence the determination of resistance and compliance by MLR. Ten paediatric patients who were on controlled mechanical ventilation for various disorders were investigated. The ventilator modes were changed between pressure control (PC) and volume control (VC). Flow and airway pressure were measured and tracheal pressure was continuously calculated. Each mode was applied for 3 min, and 10 consecutive breaths at the end of each period were analysed. Respiratory mechanics were determined by MLR based on either airway pressure, thus including the resistance of the ETT, or tracheal pressure. Resistance was found to be slightly higher in PC than in VC. There was no effect on determination of compliance between the different modes. Elimination of the flow-dependent resistance of the ETT preserved the differences between the modes. The authors conclude that using multiple linear regression compliance is not affected by the actual ventilator mode, whereas resistance is.
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- V Kessler
- Dept of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
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Mols G, Hermle G, Schubert J, Miekisch W, Benzing A, Lichtwarck-Aschoff M, Geiger K, Walmrath D, Guttmann J. Volume-dependent compliance and ventilation-perfusion mismatch in surfactant-depleted isolated rabbit lungs. Crit Care Med 2001; 29:144-51. [PMID: 11176175 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200101000-00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Volume-dependent alterations of lung compliance are usually studied over a very large volume range. However, the course of compliance within the comparably small tidal volume (intratidal compliance-volume curve) may also provide relevant information about the impact of mechanical ventilation on pulmonary gas exchange. Consequently, we determined the association of the distribution of ventilation and perfusion with the intratidal compliance-volume curve after modification of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). DESIGN Repeated measurements in randomized order. SETTING An animal laboratory. SUBJECTS Isolated perfused rabbit lungs (n = 14). INTERVENTIONS Surfactant was removed by bronchoalveolar lavage. The lungs were ventilated thereafter with a constant tidal volume (10 mL/kg body weight). Five levels of PEEP (0-4 cm H2O) were applied in random order for 20 mins each. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The intratidal compliance-volume curve was determined with the slice method for each PEEP level. Concurrently, pulmonary gas exchange was assessed by the multiple inert gas elimination technique. At a PEEP of 0-1 cm H2O, the intratidal compliance-volume curve was formed a bow with downward concavity. At a PEEP of 2 cm H2O, concavity was minimal or compliance was almost constant, whereas higher PEEP levels (3-4 cm H2O) resulted in a decrease of compliance within tidal inflation. Pulmonary gas exchange did not differ between PEEP levels of of 0, 1, and 2 cm H2O. Pulmonary shunt was lowest and perfusion of alveoli with a normal ventilation-perfusion was highest at a PEEP of 3-4 cm H2O. Deadspace ventilation did not change significantly but tended to increase with PEEP. CONCLUSIONS An increase of compliance at the very beginning of tidal inflation was associated with impaired pulmonary gas exchange, indicating insufficient alveolar recruitment by the PEEP level. Consequently, the lowest PEEP level preventing alveolar atelectasis could be detected by analyzing the course of compliance within tidal volume without the need for total lung inflation.
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- G Mols
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
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Lichtwarck-Aschoff M, Mols G, Hedlund AJ, Kessler V, Markström AM, Guttmann J, Hedenstierna G, Sjöstrand UH. Compliance is nonlinear over tidal volume irrespective of positive end-expiratory pressure level in surfactant-depleted piglets. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 162:2125-33. [PMID: 11112126 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.6.9910018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Between the lower and the upper inflection point of a quasistatic pressure-volume (PV) curve, a segment usually appears in which the PV relationship is steep and linear (i.e., compliance is high, with maximal volume change per pressure change, and is constant). Traditionally it is assumed that when positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and tidal volume (V T) are titrated such that the end-inspiratory volume is positioned at this linear segment of the PV curve, compliance is constant over VT during ongoing ventilation. The validity of this assumption was addressed in this study. In 14 surfactant-deficient piglets, PEEP was increased from 3 cm H(2)O to 24 cm H(2)O, and the compliance associated with 10 consecutive volume increments up to full VT was determined with a modified multiple-occlusion method at the different PEEP levels. With PEEP at approximately the lower inflection point, compliance was minimal in most lungs and decreased markedly over VT, indicating overdistension. Compliance both increased and decreased within the same breath at intermediate PEEP levels. It is concluded that a PEEP that results in constant compliance over the full VT range is difficult to find, and cannot be derived from conventional respiratory-mechanical analyses; nor does this PEEP level coincide with maximal gas exchange.
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Lichtwarck-Aschoff M, Kessler V, Sjöstrand UH, Hedlund A, Mols G, Rubertsson S, Markström AM, Guttmann J. Static versus dynamic respiratory mechanics for setting the ventilator. Br J Anaesth 2000; 85:577-86. [PMID: 11064617 DOI: 10.1093/bja/85.4.577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The lower inflection point (LIP) of the inspiratory limb of a static pressure-volume (PV) loop is assumed to indicate the pressure at which most lung units are recruited. The LIP is determined by a static manoeuvre with a PV-history that is different from the PV-history of the actual ventilation. In nine surfactant-deficient piglets, information to allow setting PEEP and VT was obtained, both from the PV-curve and also during ongoing ventilation from the dynamic compliance relationship. According to LIP, PEEP was set at 20 (95% confidence interval 17-22) cm H2O. Volume-dependent dynamic compliance suggested a PEEP reduction (to 15 (13-18) cm H2O). Pulmonary gas exchange remained satisfactory and this change resulted in reduced mechanical stress on the respiratory system, indirectly indicated by volume-dependent compliance being consistently great during the entire inspiration.
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- M Lichtwarck-Aschoff
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Kessler V, Newth CJ, Guttmann J. Analysis of nonlinear volume-dependent respiratory system mechanics in pediatric patients. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2000; 1:111-8. [PMID: 12813260 DOI: 10.1097/00130478-200010000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Analysis of dynamic respiratory system mechanics is generally based on a resistance-compliance model in which nonlinearities of the respiratory mechanics indices are not considered. The recently developed SLICE method analyzing consecutive volume slices of the tidal volume was used for determination of non-linear volume-dependent respiratory system mechanics. Volume-dependent compliance C(Slice) and resistance R(Slice) were compared with C(MLR) and R(MLR) obtained by standard multiple linear regression analysis (MLR). DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Pediatric intensive care unit in a university hospital. PATIENTS Fifteen pediatric patients, aged 24 days to 9.6 yrs, weighing 3-67.5 kg. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS With respect to their pulmonary status, the patients were grouped into three clinical groups: patients with no lung diseases, patients with restrictive lung diseases, and patients with obstructive lung diseases. All patients were mechanically ventilated via a cuffed endotracheal tube in the pressure-controlled mode. Flow and airway pressure were measured at the proximal end of the tube and tracheal pressure was continuously calculated. Respiratory mechanics were determined either with the SLICE method or, as reference, by using standard MLR. In most patients, the pressure-volume relationship was nonlinear, particularly in patients with restrictive and obstructive lung diseases. In the presence of considerable nonlinearity, the volume-dependent respiratory mechanics indices obtained by the SLICE method showed better agreement between recalculated and original pressure-volume loops compared with the MLR results. Furthermore, signs of overdistension of the patient's lung became obvious when using the SLICE method, whereas they were undetected by MLR. CONCLUSIONS The SLICE method is well suited for the analysis of nonlinear volume-dependent respiratory system mechanics in pediatric patients. The SLICE method may be used as a first step toward an adaptation of ventilator settings with respect to the actual mechanical status of the patient's respiratory system, and, to prevent pulmonary overdistension.
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- V Kessler
- Section of Experimental Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
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Guttmann J, Kessler V, Mols G, Hentschel R, Haberthür C, Geiger K. Continuous calculation of intratracheal pressure in the presence of pediatric endotracheal tubes. Crit Care Med 2000; 28:1018-26. [PMID: 10809276 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200004000-00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To measure the pressure-flow relationship of pediatric endotracheal tubes (ETTs) in trachea models, to mathematically describe this relationship, and to evaluate in trachea/lung models a method for calculation of pressure at the distal end of the ETT (Ptrach) by subtracting the flow-dependent pressure drop across the ETT from the airway pressure measured at the proximal end of the ETT. DESIGN Trachea models and trachea/lung models. SETTING Research laboratory in a university medical center. INTERVENTIONS The pressure-flow relationship of pediatric ETTs (inner diameter, 2.5-6.5 mm) was determined using a physical model consisting of a tube connector, an anatomically curved ETT, and an artificial trachea. The model was ventilated with sinusoidal gas flow (12-60 cycles/min). The coefficients of an approximation equation considering ETT resistance and inertance were fitted separately to the measured pressure-flow curves for inspiration and expiration. Calculated Ptrach was compared with directly measured Ptrach in mechanically ventilated physical trachea/lung models. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The pressure-flow relationship was considerably nonlinear and showed hysteresis around the origin caused by the inertia of accelerated gas. ETT inertance ranged from 0.1 to 0.4 cm H2O/L x sec2 (inner diameter, 6-2.5 mm). The abrupt change in cross-sectional area at the tube connector caused an inspiration-to-expiration asymmetry. Calculated and measured Ptrach were within +/- 1 cm H2O. Correspondence between measured and calculated Ptrach is improved even further when the ETT inertance is taken into account. CONCLUSIONS Ptrach can continuously be monitored in the presence of pediatric ETT by combining ETT coefficients and the flow and airway pressure continuously measured at the proximal end of the ETT.
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- J Guttmann
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany.
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