Hoffman, LA and Miro, AM and Tasota, FJ and Delgado, E and Zullo, TG and Lutz, J and Pinsky, MR
(2000)
Tracheal gas insufflation. Limits of efficacy in adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 162 (2 Pt 1).
387 - 392.
ISSN 1073-449X
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Abstract
In mechanically ventilated adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), peak airway pressures (Paw(peak)) above 35 cm H(2)O may increase the risk of barotrauma or volutrauma. Tracheal gas insufflation (TGI), an adjunctive ventilatory technique, may facilitate a reduction in set inspiratory pressure in these patients, and thereby in the tidal volume (VT) and Paw(peak) used in their ventilation, without a consequent increase in arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO(2)). The purpose of this study was to: (1) assess the limits of efficacy of continuous TGI at two levels of decreased mechanical ventilatory support; and (2) determine an appropriate time interval after initiation of TGI at which to evaluate response. We prospectively studied eight adults with ARDS and increased airway pressures (40.2 +/- 2.7 cm H(2)O) who were managed with pressure-control ventilation (PCV). After obtaining baseline ventilatory and hemodynamic measures, we initiated TGI at 10 L/min, adjusting ventilator positive-end expiratory pressure (PEEP) to maintain baseline VT, and decreased the set inspiratory pressure by 5 cm H(2)O. Data were obtained after 30 and 60 min. Set inspiratory pressure was then decreased by an additional 5 cm H(2)O (total: 10 cm H(2)O), and data were again obtained after 30 min. Baseline (zero TGI) measures were then again recorded. Thirty minutes after decreasing the set inspiratory pressure by 5 cm H(2)O with TGI at 10 L/min, there was a 15% decrease in Paw(peak) and a 16% decrease in VT as compared with their baseline values. However, Pa(CO(2)) remained constant (59 +/- 10 mm Hg versus 57 +/- 6 mm Hg) (p = NS). There was no change in Pa(O(2)) or in hemodynamic variables, and no differences between variables, at 30 min versus 60 min in seven subjects. The remaining subject did not tolerate the reduction in set inspiratory pressure for 60 min. Thirty minutes after the set inspiratory pressure was decreased by 10 cm H(2)O with TGI at 10 L/min, there was a 26% decrease in Paw(peak) and a 26% decrease in VT. However, Pa(CO(2)) increased by 19% and Pa(O(2)) decreased by 13%. Six subjects completed this phase of the protocol for 30 min, and one subject completed it for 60 min. TGI can be used to rapidly facilitate a 5 cm H(2)O reduction in set inspiratory pressure without an increase in Pa(CO(2)). The ability to achieve a 5 cm H(2)O reduction in set inspiratory pressure without adverse physiologic effects was evident within 30 min. Attempts to further reduce set inspiratory pressure were not successful.
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| Date: |
August 2000 |
| Date Type: |
Publication |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Am J Respir Crit Care Med |
| Volume: |
162 |
| Number: |
2 Pt 1 |
| Page Range: |
387 - 392 |
| DOI or Unique Handle: |
10.1164/ajrccm.162.2.9910111 |
| Schools and Programs: |
School of Medicine > Critical Care Medicine |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Acute Disease, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Carbon Dioxide, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Female, Hemodynamics, Humans, Insufflation, Intubation, Intratracheal, Male, Middle Aged, Oxygen, Partial Pressure, Plethysmography, Positive-Pressure Respiration, Prospective Studies, Respiratory Dead Space, Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
| ISSN: |
1073-449X |
| Funders: |
NINR NIH HHS (R01 NR01086) |
| PubMed ID: |
10934058 |
| Date Deposited: |
22 Mar 2012 20:56 |
| Last Modified: |
19 Dec 2020 12:56 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11427 |
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