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Jubran A. Setting positive end-expiratory pressure in the severely obstructive patient. Curr Opin Crit Care 2024; 30:89-96. [PMID: 38085854 PMCID: PMC11141232 DOI: 10.1097/mcc.0000000000001131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The response to positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) requiring mechanical ventilation depends on the underlying pathophysiology. This review focuses on the pathophysiology of COPD, especially intrinsic PEEP (PEEPi) and its consequences, and the benefits of applying external PEEP during assisted ventilation when PEEPi is present. RECENT FINDINGS The presence of expiratory airflow limitation and increased airway resistance promotes the development of dynamic hyperinflation in patients with COPD during acute respiratory failure. Dynamic hyperinflation and the associated development of PEEPi increases work of breathing and contributes to ineffective triggering of the ventilator. In the presence of airflow limitation, application of external PEEP during patient-triggered ventilation has been shown to reduce inspiratory effort, facilitate ventilatory triggering and enhance patient-ventilator interaction. To minimize the risk of hyperinflation, it is advisable to limit the level of external PEEP during assisted ventilation after optimization of ventilator settings to about 70% of the level of PEEPi (measured during passive ventilation). SUMMARY In patients with COPD and dynamic hyperinflation receiving assisted mechanical ventilation, the application of low levels of external PEEP can minimize work of breathing, facilitate ventilator triggering and improve patient-ventilator interaction.
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- Amal Jubran
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois
- Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, USA
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Degree of convexity calculated from expiratory flow-volume curves for identifying airway obstruction in nonsedated and nonparalyzed ventilated patients. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2021; 293:103739. [PMID: 34245876 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2021.103739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The predictive performance of applying the degree of convexity in expiratory flow-volume (EFV) curves to detect airway obstruction in ventilated patients has yet to be investigated. We enrolled 33 nonsedated and nonparalyzed mechanically ventilated patients and found that the degree of convexity had a significant negative correlation with FEV1% predicted. The mean degree of convexity in EFV curves in the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) group (n = 18) was significantly higher than that in the non-COPD group (n = 15; 26.37 % ± 11.94 % vs. 17.24 % ± 10.98 %, p = 0.030) at a tidal volume of 12 mL/kg IBW. A degree of convexity in the EFV curve > 16.75 at a tidal volume of 12 mL/kg IBW effectively differentiated COPD from non-COPD (AUC = 0.700, sensitivity = 77.8 %, specificity = 53.3 %, p = 0.051). The degree of convexity calculated from EFV curves may help physicians to identify ventilated patients with airway obstruction.
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Rubini A. Physical mechanisms and features of the inspiratory work of breathing and the development of respiratory failure on a mechanical basis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.23736/s0026-4954.19.01853-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Milesi I, Porta R, Barbano L, Cacciatore S, Vitacca M, Dellacà RL. Automatic tailoring of the lowest PEEP to abolish tidal expiratory flow limitation in seated and supine COPD patients. Respir Med 2019; 155:13-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2019.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/22/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Avdeev SN. PATHOLOGIC PHYSIOLOGY OF EXACERBATIONS OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE. MESSENGER OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AND RESUSCITATION 2019. [DOI: 10.21292/2078-5658-2019-16-2-75-82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The lecture describes the mechanisms of deterioration of respiratory exchange during exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It has been demonstrated that the rapid diagnosis and treatment of exacerbations is an important part of COPD management. The restriction of expiratory airflow followed by the increased dynamic pulmonary hyperinflation seems to be the most important pathophysiological mechanism in COPD exacerbation, which has catastrophic consequences for the respiratory system with respect to respiratory mechanics and gas exchange. In some patients, associated disorders of cardiopulmonary interactions also undoubtedly play an important role.
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- S. N. Avdeev
- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University;
Pulmonology Research Institute by the Federal Medical Biological Agency of Russia
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Toumpanakis D, Vassilakopoulou V, Sigala I, Zacharatos P, Vraila I, Karavana V, Theocharis S, Vassilakopoulos T. The role of Src & ERK1/2 kinases in inspiratory resistive breathing induced acute lung injury and inflammation. Respir Res 2017; 18:209. [PMID: 29237457 PMCID: PMC5729404 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-017-0694-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background Inspiratory resistive breathing (IRB), a hallmark of obstructive airway diseases, is associated with large negative intrathoracic pressures, due to strenuous contractions of the inspiratory muscles. IRB is shown to induce lung injury in previously healthy animals. Src is a multifunctional kinase that is activated in the lung by mechanical stress. ERK1/2 kinase is a downstream target of Src. We hypothesized that Src is activated in the lung during IRB, mediates ERK1/2 activation and IRB-induced lung injury. Methods Anaesthetized, tracheostomized adult rats breathed spontaneously through a 2-way non-rebreathing valve. Resistance was added to the inspiratory port to provide a peak tidal inspiratory pressure of 50% of maximum (inspiratory resistive breathing). Activation of Src and ERK1/2 in the lung was estimated during IRB. Following 6 h of IRB, respiratory system mechanics were measured by the forced oscillation technique and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) was performed to measure total and differential cell count and total protein levels. IL-1b and MIP-2a protein levels were measured in lung tissue samples. Wet lung weight to total body weight was measured and Evans blue dye extravasation was estimated to measure lung permeability. Lung injury was evaluated by histology. The Src inhibitor, PP-2 or the inhibitor of ERK1/2 activation, PD98059 was administrated 30 min prior to IRB. Results Src kinase was activated 30 min after the initiation of IRB. Src inhibition ameliorated the increase in BAL cellularity after 6 h IRB, but not the increase of IL-1β and MIP-2a in the lung. The increase in BAL total protein and lung injury score were not affected. The increase in tissue elasticity was partly inhibited. Src inhibition blocked ERK1/2 activation at 3 but not at 6 h of IRB. ERK1/2 inhibition ameliorated the increase in BAL cellularity after 6 h of IRB, blocked the increase of IL-1β and returned Evans blue extravasation and wet lung weight to control values. BAL total protein and the increase in elasticity were partially affected. ERK1/2 inhibition did not significantly change total lung injury score compared to 6 h IRB. Conclusions Src and ERK1/2 are activated in the lung following IRB and participate in IRB-induced lung injury.
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- Dimitrios Toumpanakis
- 1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine and "Marianthi Simou" Applied Biomedical Research and Training Center, Medical School, University of Athens, 45-47 Ispilandou str, 10676, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine and "Marianthi Simou" Applied Biomedical Research and Training Center, Medical School, University of Athens, 45-47 Ispilandou str, 10676, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine and "Marianthi Simou" Applied Biomedical Research and Training Center, Medical School, University of Athens, 45-47 Ispilandou str, 10676, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine and "Marianthi Simou" Applied Biomedical Research and Training Center, Medical School, University of Athens, 45-47 Ispilandou str, 10676, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine and "Marianthi Simou" Applied Biomedical Research and Training Center, Medical School, University of Athens, 45-47 Ispilandou str, 10676, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine and "Marianthi Simou" Applied Biomedical Research and Training Center, Medical School, University of Athens, 45-47 Ispilandou str, 10676, Athens, Greece
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- 1st Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine and "Marianthi Simou" Applied Biomedical Research and Training Center, Medical School, University of Athens, 45-47 Ispilandou str, 10676, Athens, Greece.
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Mowery NT. Ventilator Strategies for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Surg Clin North Am 2017; 97:1381-1397. [DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2017.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Chen S, Li Y, Zheng Z, Luo Q, Chen R. The analysis of components that lead to increased work of breathing in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. J Thorac Dis 2016; 8:2212-8. [PMID: 27621878 DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2016.08.01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study is to explore the components and related mechanism responsible for the increase of work of breathing (WB) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. METHODS Eight COPD patients and eight healthy volunteers were recruited in the study. The rebreathing method was used to increase end-tidal CO2 partial pressure (PetCO2) and stimulate the increase in ventilation (VE). The increase in VE, WB, and changes in the compositions of WB were observed and analyzed. The WB and its components were calculated using the Campbell diagram. RESULTS The inspiratory work (Wi) of breathing, a major component of total work of breathing (Wtot), in the COPD group was significantly higher than the control group during quiet breathing (P<0.05). As the minute VE increased, Wtot and Wi increased in a linear manner, and the slope of increase was significantly higher in the COPD group as compared to the normal group (P<0.05). The analyses of changes in overcoming airway resistance (Wrs) and lung/chest-wall elastance (Wel) indicated that the slope of increase (response to VE increase) of Wrs was not significantly different between the two groups (P>0.05) although the Wrs in the COPD group was always higher than the normal group (P<0.05). However, as the VE increased, the slope of the increase in Wel was significantly higher in the COPD group than the normal group. Work done to overcome the intrinsic PEEP (WPEEPi), a component of the Wel, was not observed in the control group. However, WPEEPi increased gradually as VE increased and accounted for 56% of Wel at the end of rebreathing trial in COPD group. CONCLUSIONS Airway resistance was the main cause for increased WB during quiet breathing. As the VE increased, an increase of WPEEPi became an important part of increased WB in COPD patients, so it is important to reduce dynamic hyperinflation in COPD patients.
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- Sibei Chen
- Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease (State Key Lab and National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease), the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease (State Key Lab and National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease), the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease (State Key Lab and National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease), the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease (State Key Lab and National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease), the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease (State Key Lab and National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease), the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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Bergin SP, Rackley CR. Managing Respiratory Failure in Obstructive Lung Disease. Clin Chest Med 2016; 37:659-667. [PMID: 27842746 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2016.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Exacerbations of obstructive lung disease are common causes of acute respiratory failure. Short-acting bronchodilators and systemic glucocorticoids are the foundation of pharmacologic management. For patients requiring ventilator support, use of noninvasive ventilation reduces the risk of mortality and progression to invasive mechanical ventilation. Challenges associated with invasive ventilation include ventilator dyssynchrony, air trapping, and dynamic hyperinflation. Careful monitoring and adjustment of ventilatory support parameters helps to optimize the patient-ventilator interaction and minimizes the risk of associated morbidity. Extracorporeal life support is an emerging treatment for refractory hypercapnic respiratory failure associated with obstructive lung disease.
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- Stephen P Bergin
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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Ahmed SM, Athar M. Mechanical ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma. Indian J Anaesth 2015; 59:589-98. [PMID: 26556918 PMCID: PMC4613406 DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.165856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bronchial asthma often complicate the surgical patients, leading to post-operative morbidity and mortality. Many authors have tried to predict post-operative pulmonary complications but not specifically in COPD. The aim of this review is to provide recent evidence-based guidelines regarding predictors and ventilatory strategies for mechanical ventilation in COPD and bronchial asthma patients. Using Google search for indexing databases, a search for articles published was performed using various combinations of the following search terms: ‘Predictors’; ‘mechanical ventilation’; COPD’; ‘COPD’; ‘bronchial asthma’; ‘recent strategies’. Additional sources were also identified by exploring the primary reference list.
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- Syed Moied Ahmed
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Gregoretti C, Pisani L, Cortegiani A, Ranieri VM. Noninvasive Ventilation in Critically Ill Patients. Crit Care Clin 2015; 31:435-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2015.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Rossi A, Aisanov Z, Avdeev S, Di Maria G, Donner CF, Izquierdo JL, Roche N, Similowski T, Watz H, Worth H, Miravitlles M. Mechanisms, assessment and therapeutic implications of lung hyperinflation in COPD. Respir Med 2015; 109:785-802. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2015.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2014] [Revised: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Hillman D, Singh B, McArdle N, Eastwood P. Relationships between ventilatory impairment, sleep hypoventilation and type 2 respiratory failure. Respirology 2014; 19:1106-16. [PMID: 25219542 DOI: 10.1111/resp.12376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2014] [Revised: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 07/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- David Hillman
- Department of Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep Medicine; Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Perth Western Australia Australia
- West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute; Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Perth Western Australia Australia
- Centre for Sleep Science; School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology; University of Western Australia; Perth Western Australia Australia
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- Department of Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep Medicine; Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Perth Western Australia Australia
- West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute; Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Perth Western Australia Australia
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- Department of Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep Medicine; Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Perth Western Australia Australia
- West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute; Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Perth Western Australia Australia
- Centre for Sleep Science; School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology; University of Western Australia; Perth Western Australia Australia
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- Department of Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep Medicine; Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Perth Western Australia Australia
- West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute; Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Perth Western Australia Australia
- Centre for Sleep Science; School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology; University of Western Australia; Perth Western Australia Australia
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Thomas M, Decramer M, O'Donnell DE. No room to breathe: the importance of lung hyperinflation in COPD. PRIMARY CARE RESPIRATORY JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF THE GENERAL PRACTICE AIRWAYS GROUP 2013; 22:101-11. [PMID: 23429861 PMCID: PMC6442765 DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2013.00025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are progressively limited in their ability to undertake normal everyday activities by a combination of exertional dyspnoea and peripheral muscle weakness. COPD is characterised by expiratory flow limitation, resulting in air trapping and lung hyperinflation. Hyperinflation increases acutely under conditions such as exercise or exacerbations, with an accompanying sharp increase in the intensity of dyspnoea to distressing and intolerable levels. Air trapping, causing increased lung hyperinflation, can be present even in milder COPD during everyday activities. The resulting activity-related dyspnoea leads to a vicious spiral of activity avoidance, physical deconditioning, and reduced quality of life, and has implications for the early development of comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease. Various strategies exist to reduce hyperinflation, notably long-acting bronchodilator treatment (via reduction in flow limitation and improved lung emptying) and an exercise programme (via decreased respiratory rate, reducing ventilatory demand), or their combination. Optimal bronchodilation can reduce exertional dyspnoea and increase a patient's ability to exercise, and improves the chance of successful outcome of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme. There should be a lower threshold for initiating treatments appropriate to the stage of the disease, such as long-acting bronchodilators and an exercise programme for patients with mild-to-moderate disease who experience persistent dyspnoea.
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- Mike Thomas
- Department of Primary Care Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
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The effect of body cooling on respiratory system mechanics and hysteresis in rats. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2013; 189:52-8. [PMID: 23827852 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2013.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2013] [Revised: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Literature reports and theoretical considerations suggest that body cooling may affect respiratory mechanics in vivo. To examine this hypothesis, healthy rats were studied using the end-inflation occlusion method under control conditions and after total body cooling. Respiratory mechanics parameters, hysteresis areas, the inspiratory work of breathing, and its elastic and resistive components, were calculated. After body cooling (mean rectal temperature from 36.6 ± 0.25 to 32.1 ± 0.26 °C), the ohmic and the additional visco-elastic respiratory system resistances, the hysteresis, the total inspiratory work of breathing, and its resistive components, were all increased. No significant changes were detected for the static and dynamic respiratory system elastance mean values, and the related elastic component of the work of breathing. These data indicate that body cooling increases the mechanical inspiratory work of breathing by increasing the resistive pressures dissipation. This effect is evident even for limited temperature variations, and it is suggested that it may occur in the event of accidental or therapeutic hypothermia.
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Rubini A, Redaelli M, Parmagnani A. The effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition by captopril on respiratory mechanics in healthy rats. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2012; 27:854-60. [PMID: 22591316 DOI: 10.3109/14756366.2011.622271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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CONTEXT Angiotensin stimulates smooth-muscle contraction. Accordingly, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition is expected to decrease airway resistance. OBJECTIVES To measure the effects of ACE inhibition on respiratory mechanics in healthy mammals. MATERIALS AND METHODS We measured respiratory mechanics before and after i.p. ACE inhibitor captopril (100 mg/kg) in normal anaesthetised rats. The end-inflation occlusion method allowed the measurements of respiratory system elastance and ohmic and viscoelastic pressure dissipations. Respiratory system hysteresis and the elastic and resistive work of breathing were calculated. RESULTS Captopril induced a reduction of the ohmic and the total respiratory system resistances, while respiratory system hysteresis and elastance did not change. Accordingly, a reduction of the resistive and of the total work of breathing was observed. CONCLUSIONS The captopril-induced reduction of airway resistance indicates that angiotensin modulates bronchomotor tone in basal conditions. ACE inhibition may positively affect respiratory system mechanics and work of breathing.
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- Alessandro Rubini
- Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, Section Physiology, University of Padova, Via Marzolo, Padova, Italy.
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Rubini A. The effect of body warming on respiratory mechanics in rats. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2011; 175:255-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2010] [Revised: 11/22/2010] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rubini A. The Effect of N G-Nitro- L-Arginine Methyl Ester, a Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitor, on Respiratory Mechanics in Rats. Respiration 2011; 82:468-75. [DOI: 10.1159/000329562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2011] [Accepted: 05/23/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Jezler S, Holanda MA, José A, Franca S. [Mechanical ventilation in decompensated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)]. J Bras Pneumol 2008; 33 Suppl 2S:S111-8. [PMID: 18026669 DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132007000800006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by poorly reversible airflow limitation. The pathological hallmarks of COPD are inflammation of the peripheral airways and destruction of lung parenchyma or emphysema. The functional consequences of these abnormalities are expiratory airflow limitation and dynamic hyperinflation, which then increase the elastic load of the respiratory system and decrease the performance of the respiratory muscles. These pathophysiologic features contribute significantly to the development of dyspnea, exercise intolerance and ventilatory failure. Several treatments may palliate flow limitation, including interventions that modify the respiratory pattern (deeper, slower) such as pursed lip breathing, exercise training, oxygen, and some drugs. Other therapies are aimed at its amelioration, such as bronchodilators, lung volume reduction surgery or breathing mixtures of helium and oxygen. Finally some interventions, such as inspiratory pressure support, alleviate the threshold load associated to flow limitation. The degree of flow limitation can be assessed by certain spirometry indexes, such as vital capacity and inspiratory capacity, or by other more complexes indexes such as residual volume/total lung capacity or functional residual capacity/total lung capacity. Two of the best methods to measure flow limitation are to superimpose a flow–volume loop of a tidal breath within a maximum flow–volume curve, or to use negative expiratory pressure technique. Likely this method is more accurate and can be used during spontaneous breathing. A definitive definition of dynamic hyperinflation is lacking in the literature, but serial measurements of inspiratory capacity during exercise will document the trend of end-expiratory lung volume and allow establishing relationships with other measurements such as dyspnea, respiratory pattern, exercise tolerance, and gas exchange.
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- Luis Puente-Maestu
- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Servicio de Neumologia, Madrid, Spain.
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Hypoventilation and Respiratory Muscle Dysfunction. Crit Care Med 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-032304841-5.50043-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Walker R, Paratz J, Holland AE. Reproducibility of the Negative Expiratory Pressure Technique in COPD. Chest 2007; 132:471-6. [PMID: 17573493 DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-0062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tidal expiratory flow limitation (EFL) contributes to chronic dyspnea and exercise intolerance in COPD patients. It can be assessed with the negative expiratory pressure (NEP) technique and is expressed as either the percentage of the tidal volume over which EFL occurs (EFL%Vt) or according to more detailed three-point or five-point scoring systems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reproducibility of the NEP technique in COPD patients. METHODS Tidal EFL was evaluated with NEP in 18 subjects with stable COPD (FEV(1) range, 18 to 75% predicted) on two occasions (mean retest interval, 8.2 days) by the same rater. Agreement between testing occasions was assessed with the kappa statistic for the 3-point and 5-point EFL scores, and with the coefficient of repeatability for EFL%Vt. RESULTS On the first testing occasion, nine subjects had no EFL, four subjects had EFL in the supine position, and five subjects had EFL in the sitting and the supine position. Using the 3-point score, agreement was present in 14 of 18 subjects at time 2 (kappa = 0.66), indicating substantial agreement. Using the 5-point score, agreement was seen in 13 of 18 subjects (kappa = 0.61), also indicating substantial agreement. The reproducibility of EFL%Vt measurements was lower than that required to reliably detect clinical change in both the sitting and supine positions (coefficient of repeatability, 37% and 58%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS The 3-point and 5-point scores provide a reproducible assessment of EFL in COPD patients. The classification of EFL as a percentage of tidal volume is less reproducible, and large changes are required to be confident that real clinical change has occurred.
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- Rachel Walker
- La Trobe University, Physiotherapy Department, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Rd, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Lemasson S, Nesme P, Herblanc A, Beuret P, Louérat C, Bourdin G, Vargas F, Guérin JC, Hilbert G, Guérin C. Évolution de la capacité inspiratoire au cours de la BPCO décompensée. Rev Mal Respir 2007; 24:314-22. [PMID: 17417169 DOI: 10.1016/s0761-8425(07)91063-3] [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: 10/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Inspiratory Capacity (IC), which reflects dynamic pulmonary hyperinflation, correlates with outcome in moderate exacerbation of COPD. Whether this is also true in COPD with acute respiratory failure (ARF) has not been studied. METHODS A prospective multicenter assessment of IC measurement feasibility, reliability, time-course and relationship to outcome in COPD with ARF was conducted. Dyspnea (visual analogue scale) and IC were repeatedly measured. Outcome was classified as not favourable (death or intubation or non invasive ventilation increased or patient referred to ICU from respiratory ward) or favourable (none of the above criteria). RESULTS Fifty patients were included and 48 analysed. IC measurement was possible in all but one patient and its coefficient of variation was 9+/-8%. Between inclusion into the study and discharge, IC increased from 39.9+/-15.5 to 50.2+/-14.5% pred (p<0.001) and dyspnea declined from 48+/-23 to 33+/-22 mm (p<0.001). Inclusion IC was not different on average between patients with or without favourable outcome. CONCLUSION In COPD patients with ARF, IC measurement at bedside was feasible and reproducible. IC was low at entry and increased over time from inclusion to discharge tending to correlate with patient outcome.
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- S Lemasson
- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon, France
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Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The effective management of COPD exacerbations awaits a better understanding of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms that shape its clinical expression. The clinical presentation of exacerbations of COPD is highly variable and ranges from episodic symptomatic deterioration that is poorly responsive to usual treatment, to devastating life threatening events. This underscores the heterogeneous physiological mechanisms of this complex disease, as well as the variation in response to the provoking stimulus. The derangements in ventilatory mechanics, muscle function, and gas exchange that characterise severe COPD exacerbations with respiratory failure are now well understood. Critical expiratory flow limitation and the consequent dynamic lung hyperinflation appear to be the proximate deleterious events. Similar basic mechanisms probably explain the clinical manifestations of less severe exacerbations of COPD, but this needs further scientific validation. In this review we summarise what we have learned about the natural history of COPD exacerbations from clinical studies that have incorporated physiological measurements. We discuss the pathophysiology of clinically stable COPD and examine the impact of acutely increased expiratory flow limitation on the compromised respiratory system. Finally, we review the chain of physiological events that leads to acute ventilatory insufficiency in severe exacerbations.
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- D E O'Donnell
- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Queen's University,102 Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 2V6.
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Glérant JC, Leleu O, Rose D, Mayeux I, Jounieaux V. Oxygen consumption and PEEPe in ventilated COPD patients. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2005; 146:117-24. [PMID: 15766900 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2004.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/05/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The intrinsic positive-end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi) increases the inspiratory load, the cost of breathing and thus oxygen consumption (V(O2)). It has been shown that applying an extrinsic positive-end-expiratory pressure (PEEPe) reduces the inspiratory threshold load but the optimal PEEPe level is still in debate. We hypothesize that the best level of PEEPe could induce a decrease in V(O2) by reducing the V(O2) demands from PEEPi. Nine mechanically ventilated COPD patients were included. The level of PEEPe was determined in accordance with the static PEEPi. V(O2) was measured using an automatic gas analyser during synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV): without PEEPe, with a PEEPe equal to 50% of static PEEPi and with a PEEPe equal to 100% of static PEEPi. Static PEEPi appeared to be significantly correlated with the degree of airflow obstruction (FEV1) (P<0.05). Applying a PEEPe equal to static PEEPi resulted in a significant decrease in V(O2) (P<0.05) whereas the change in V(O2) proved to be unpredictable for a PEEPe level of 50% of static PEEPi. In conclusion, V(O2) decreases progressively when increasing PEEPe up to a level equal to 100% of static PEEPi. Thus, in mechanically ventilated COPD patients with a FEV1 < or = 1000 ml, applying a PEEPe of 5 cmH2O should be recommended.
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- J-Ch Glérant
- Respiratory Department and Intensive Care Unit, 80054 Amiens Cedex 1, France
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Natalini G, Marchesini M, Tessadrelli A, Rosano A, Candiani A, Bernardini A. Effect of tidal volume and respiratory rate on the power of breathing calculation. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2005; 49:643-8. [PMID: 15836677 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00664.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The power of breathing (PoB) is used to estimate the mechanical workload of the respiratory system. Aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different tidal volume-respiratory rate combinations on the PoB when the elastic load is constant. In order to assure strict control of the experimental conditions, the PoB was calculated on an airway pressure-volume curve in mechanically ventilated patients. METHODS Ten patients received three different tidal volume-respiratory rate combinations while minute ventilation was constant. Respiratory mechanics, PoB and its elastic and resistive components were calculated. Alternative methods to estimate the elastic workload were assessed: elastic work of breathing per litre per minute, elastic workload index (the square root of elastic work of breathing multiplied by respiratory rate) and elastic double product of the respiratory system (the elastic pressure multiplied by respiratory rate). RESULTS Despite constant elastance and minute ventilation, the elastic PoB showed an increment greater than 200% from the lower to the greater tidal volume, accounting for approximately 80% of the whole PoB increment. On the contrary, elastic work of breathing per litre per minute, elastic workload index and elastic double product did not change. CONCLUSION Changes in breathing pattern markedly affect the PoB despite constant mechanical load. Other indexes could assess the elastic workload without tidal volume dependence. Power of breathing use should be avoided to compare different mechanical loads or efficiencies of the respiratory muscles when tidal volume is variable.
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- G Natalini
- Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Poliambulanza Hospital, Via Bissolati 57, 25124 Brescia, Italy.
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Tobin M, Brochard L, Rossi A. Exploration de la fonction des muscles respiratoires en réanimation. Rev Mal Respir 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s0761-8425(04)71403-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Gainnier M, Arnal JM, Gerbeaux P, Donati S, Papazian L, Sainty JM. Helium-oxygen reduces work of breathing in mechanically ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Intensive Care Med 2003; 29:1666-70. [PMID: 12897990 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1911-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2002] [Accepted: 06/13/2003] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether helium-oxygen mixture reduces inspiratory work of breathing (WOB) in sedated, paralyzed, and mechanically ventilated patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). DESIGN AND SETTING Open, prospective, randomized, crossover study in the medical intensive care unit in a university hospital. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS 23 patients admitted for acute exacerbation of COPD and mechanically ventilated. MEASUREMENTS Total WOB (WOBt), elastic WOB (WOBel), resistive WOB (WOBres), and WOB due to PEEPi (WOBPeepi) were measured. Static intrinsic positive end expiratory pressure (PEEPi), static compliance (Crs), inspiratory resistance (Rins), inspiratory (tinsp) and expiratory time constant (texp) were also measured. These variables were compared between air-oxygen and helium-oxygen mixtures. RESULTS WOBt significantly decreased with helium-oxygen (2.34+/-1.04 to 1.85+/-1.01 J/l, p<0.001). This reduction was significant for WOBel (1.02+/-0.61 J/l to 0.87+/-0.47, p<0.01), WOBPeepi (0.77+/-0.38 J/l to 0.54+/-0.38, p<0.001), and WOBres (0.55+/-0.19 J/l to 0.44+/-0.24, p<0.05). PEEPi, Rins, tinsp and texp significantly decreased. Crs was unchanged. CONCLUSIONS Helium-oxygen mixture decreases WOB in mechanically ventilated COPD patients. Helium-oxygen mixture could be useful to reduce the burden of ventilation.
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- Marc Gainnier
- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, 13274 Marseille 9, France.
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The act of breathing depends on coordinated activity of the respiratory muscles to generate subatmospheric pressure. This action is compromised by disease states affecting anatomical sites ranging from the cerebral cortex to the alveolar sac. Weakness of the respiratory muscles can dominate the clinical manifestations in the later stages of several primary neurologic and neuromuscular disorders in a manner unique to each disease state. Structural abnormalities of the thoracic cage, such as scoliosis or flail chest, interfere with the action of the respiratory muscles-again in a manner unique to each disease state. The hyperinflation that accompanies diseases of the airways interferes with the ability of the respiratory muscles to generate subatmospheric pressure and it increases the load on the respiratory muscles. Impaired respiratory muscle function is the most severe consequence of several newly described syndromes affecting critically ill patients. Research on the respiratory muscles embraces techniques of molecular biology, integrative physiology, and controlled clinical trials. A detailed understanding of disease states affecting the respiratory muscles is necessary for every physician who practices pulmonary medicine or critical care medicine.
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- Franco Laghi
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, 111 N. 5th Avenue and Roosevelt Road, Hines, IL 60141, USA.
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Mentzelopoulos SD, Zakynthinos SG, Roussos C, Tzoufi MJ, Michalopoulos AS. Prone position improves lung mechanical behavior and enhances gas exchange efficiency in mechanically ventilated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. Anesth Analg 2003; 96:1756-1767. [PMID: 12761008 DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000064282.79068.1e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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UNLABELLED Pronation might favorably affect respiratory system (rs) mechanics and function in volume-controlled, mode-ventilated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. We studied 10 COPD patients, initially positioned supine (baseline supine [supine(BAS)]) and then randomly and consecutively changed to protocol supine (supine(PROT)), semirecumbent, and prone positions. Rs mechanics and inspiratory work (W(I)) were assessed at baseline (0.6 L) (all postures) and sigh (1.2 L) (supine(BAS) excluded) tidal volume (V(T)) with rapid airway occlusion during constant-flow inflation. Hemodynamics and gas exchange were assessed in all postures. There were no complications. Prone positioning resulted in (a) increased dynamic-static chest wall (cw) elastance (at both V(Ts)) and improved oxygenation versus supine(BAS), supine(PROT), and semirecumbent, (b) decreased additional lung (L) resistance-elastance versus supine(PROT) and semirecumbent at sigh V(T), (c) decreased L-static elastance (at both V(Ts)) and improved CO(2) elimination versus supine(BAS) and supine(PROT), and (d) improved oxygenation versus all other postures. Semirecumbent positioning increased mainly additional cw-resistance versus supine(BAS) and supine(PROT) at baseline. V(T) W(I)-sub-component changes were consistent with changes in rs, cw, and L mechanical properties. Total rs-W(I) and hemodynamics were unaffected by posture change. After pronation, five patients were repositioned supine (supine(POSTPRO)). In supine(POSTPRO), static rs-L elastance were lower, and oxygenation was still improved versus supine(BAS). Pronation of mechanically ventilated COPD patients exhibits applicability and effectiveness and improves oxygenation and sigh-L mechanics versus semirecumbent ("gold standard") positioning. IMPLICATIONS By assessing respiratory mechanics, inspiratory work, hemodynamics, and gas exchange, we showed that prone positioning of mechanically ventilated chronic obstructed pulmonary disease patients improves oxygenation and lung mechanics during sigh versus semirecumbent positioning. Furthermore, certain pronation-related benefits versus preprone-supine positioning (reduced lung elastance and improved oxygenation) are maintained in the postprone supine position.
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- Spyros D Mentzelopoulos
- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Henry Dunant General Hospital; and Evangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Alvisi V, Romanello A, Badet M, Gaillard S, Philit F, Guérin C. Time course of expiratory flow limitation in COPD patients during acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. Chest 2003; 123:1625-32. [PMID: 12740283 DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.5.1625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES (1) To determine the incidence of expiratory flow limitation (FL) at ICU admission, at the time of extubation, and at ICU discharge in intubated patients with COPD receiving mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure (ARF); and (2) to assess the feasibility of inspiratory capacity (IC) as an indication of pulmonary dynamic hyperinflation in this setting. DESIGN Prospective, observational pilot study with physiologic measurements performed at ICU admission and during the weaning process driven by the clinician. A 60-min T-tube trial was initiated once criteria for weaning were present. The decision to extubate or reventilate patients was made by the clinician at the end of this session. Assessment of failure or success of T-tube trials was performed independently. SETTING A 25-bed ICU of a tertiary teaching university hospital. PATIENTS Over a 13-month period, 25 intubated patients with COPD receiving mechanical ventilation for ARF were included. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS At ICU admission, FL assessed by the negative expiratory pressure test was measured under passive ventilatory conditions at the baseline ventilatory settings, on zero end-expiratory pressure, and in a semirecumbent position. During weaning, FL, respiratory pattern, and IC were measured during T-tube trials, before extubation, 1 h after extubation, and at ICU discharge. At ICU admission, 24 of 25 patients presented FL with, on average, 73 +/- 22% of the tidal volume. Ten patients were unavailable for follow-up due to death (n = 6) unplanned extubation (n = 3), or refusal (n = 1), so that only 15 patients completed the whole protocol (all 15 patients were extubated). For these 15 patients, the incidence of FL was 93% at ICU admission, 47% before extubation, and 40% at ICU discharge. IC was significantly greater at ICU discharge than before extubation (36 +/- 11% predicted vs 44 +/- 12% predicted, p < 0.01) and in successful T-tube trials compared with unsuccessful T-tube trials (38 +/- 13% predicted vs 24 +/- 8% predicted, p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS The incidence of expiratory FL is high in patients with COPD receiving mechanical ventilation, and is reduced during aggressive therapy when the patient is placed on mechanical ventilatory support and the time that weaning begins during the ICU stay. IC was lower in patients in whom weaning was unsuccessful. Further large-scale studies are required to confirm these preliminary results.
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Tauber E, Fazekas T, Eichler I, Eichstill C, Gartner C, Koller DY, Frischer T. Negative expiratory pressure: a new tool for evaluating lung function in children? Pediatr Pulmonol 2003; 35:162-8. [PMID: 12567383 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The negative expiratory pressure technique (NEP) has been applied in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), demonstrating flow limitation in many of these patients. Because this technique does not require patient cooperation, it is of potential interest for application in the pediatric population. This study was performed to test the feasibility of NEP in children, and to further investigate it in children with asthma and cystic fibrosis (CF). We performed NEP (0.3-0.7 kPa) measurements in 14 healthy children (13.3 years, +/- 2.4), in 12 children with asthma (11.7 years, +/- 3.0), and in 17 children with CF (13.3 years, +/- 2.7). NEP-derived flow-volume loops were visually analyzed for flow limitation at tidal breathing. In addition, expiratory flow at 50% of tidal volume (TEF(50)) was measured. In healthy children, the intraclass coefficient of correlation was 77%, and intraindividual short- and long-term variability was 5.8% and 10.8%, respectively. In asthmatics, TEF(50) was lower compared with controls, and increased after inhalation of salbutamol. However, appropriate size-correction has still to be established. Measurement of TEF(50) using NEP is feasible in children. Despite good reproducibility in individual patients, the high intersubject variability may limit its usefulness as a clinical tool. In addition, the lack of flow limitation using NEP even in severely obstructed patients with CF warrants further investigation.
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- Erich Tauber
- Department of General Pediatrics, Vienna University Children's Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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Boni E, Corda L, Franchini D, Chiroli P, Damiani GP, Pini L, Grassi V, Tantucci C. Volume effect and exertional dyspnoea after bronchodilator in patients with COPD with and without expiratory flow limitation at rest. Thorax 2002; 57:528-32. [PMID: 12037229 PMCID: PMC1746351 DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.6.528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND A study was undertaken to investigate whether bronchodilators are associated with less breathlessness at rest and during light exercise in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with resting tidal expiratory flow limitation (EFL; flow limited (FL)) compared with those without EFL (non-flow limited (NFL)). METHODS Twenty subjects (13 men) of mean (SD) age 65 (8) years (range 43-77) suffering from COPD with forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)) 47 (18)% predicted were studied before and after inhalation of salbutamol (400 microg). Routine pulmonary function tests were performed in the seated position at rest. EFL was assessed by the negative expiratory pressure (NEP) method and changes in end expiratory lung volume (EELV) were inferred from variations in inspiratory capacity (IC). Dyspnoea was measured using the Borg scale at rest and at the end of a 6 minute steady state exercise test at 33% of the maximal predicted workload. RESULTS EFL occurred in 11 patients. Following salbutamol IC did not change in NFL patients but increased by 24% (95% CI 15 to 33) in FL patients (p<0.001). Maximal inspiratory pressure (PImax) improved at EELV from 45 (95% CI 26 to 63) to 55 (95% CI 31 to 79) cm H(2)O (p<0.05) in FL patients after salbutamol but remained unchanged in NFL patients. The workload performed during exercise amounted to 34 (95% CI 27 to 41) and 31 (95% CI 21 to 40) watts (NS) for patients without and with EFL, respectively. After salbutamol, dyspnoea did not change either at rest or during exercise in the NFL patients, but decreased from 0.3 (95% CI -0.1 to 0.8) to 0.1 (95% CI -0.1 to 0.4) at rest (NS) and from 3.7 (95% CI 1.7 to 5.7) to 2.6 (95% CI 1.1 to 4.0) at the end of exercise (p<0.01) in FL patients. CONCLUSIONS Patients with COPD with EFL may experience less breathlessness after a bronchodilator, at least during light exercise, than those without EFL. This beneficial effect, which is closely related to an increase in IC at rest, occurs even in the absence of a significant improvement in FEV(1) and is associated with a greater PImax.
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- E Boni
- Cattedra di Medicina I, Università di Brescia, Italy
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Appendini L, Confalonieri M, Rossi A. Clinical relevance of monitoring respiratory mechanics in the ventilator-supported patient: an update (1995–2000). Curr Opin Crit Care 2001; 7:41-8. [PMID: 11373510 DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200102000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The introduction of mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit environment had the merit of putting a potent life-saving tool in the physicians' hands in a number of situations; however, like most sophisticated technologies, it can cause severe side effects and eventually increase mortality if improperly applied. Assessment of respiratory mechanics serves as an aid in understanding the patient-ventilator interactions with the aim to obtain a better performance of the existing ventilator modalities. It has also provided a better understanding of patients' pathophysiology. Thanks to it, new ventilatory strategies and modalities have been developed. Finally, on-line monitoring of respiratory mechanics parameters is going to be more than a future perspective.
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- L Appendini
- Pulmonary Division, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
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Eltayara L, Ghezzo H, Milic-Emili J. Orthopnea and tidal expiratory flow limitation in patients with stable COPD. Chest 2001; 119:99-104. [PMID: 11157590 DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.1.99] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Orthopnea is a common feature in COPD patients, although its nature is poorly understood. OBJECTIVE To study the role of tidal expiratory flow limitation (FL) in the genesis of orthopnea in patients with stable COPD. MEASUREMENTS Tidal FL was assessed in 117 ambulatory COPD patients in sitting and supine positions using the negative expiratory pressure method. The presence or absence of orthopnea was also noted. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS In patients with stable COPD with tidal expiratory FL in seated and/or supine position, there is a high prevalence of orthopnea, which probably results in part from increased inspiratory efforts due to dynamic pulmonary hyperinflation and the concomitant increase in inspiratory threshold load due to intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure. Increased airway resistance in supine position due to lower end-expiratory lung volume probably also plays a role in the genesis of orthopnea.
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- L Eltayara
- Meakins-Christie Laboratories, and Montreal Chest Institute Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Armaganidis A, Stavrakaki-Kallergi K, Koutsoukou A, Lymberis A, Milic-Emili J, Roussos C. Intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure in mechanically ventilated patients with and without tidal expiratory flow limitation. Crit Care Med 2000; 28:3837-42. [PMID: 11153623 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200012000-00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess static intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi,st) and expiratory flow limitation (FL) in 32 consecutive mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF), using a commercial ventilator with an incorporated device that allows the application of a negative expiratory pressure (NEP). DESIGN Prospective clinical study. SETTING Multidisciplinary intensive care unit of a university hospital. PATIENTS Thirty-two consecutive ventilated patients with ARF of various etiologies. INTERVENTIONS Evaluation of respiratory mechanics, PEEPi,st, and FL from pressure, flow, and volume traces provided by the ventilator. MEASUREMENTS Peak airway pressure, PEEPi,st, dynamic elastance, and interrupter resistance were measured in relaxed patients in a supine position. Comparison of tidal flow-volume curves before and during the application of an NEP of 5 cm H2O was used to assess tidal expiratory FL. RESULTS Twelve of 32 patients studied exhibited tidal expiratory FL, which was detected by the absence of increase in expiratory flow despite application of an NEP over the entire or part of the baseline expiratory flow-volume curve. All patients exhibited PEEPi,st, which amounted to 1.2 +/- 0.9 cm H2O (mean +/- SD) in the 20 non-FL patients and 7.1 +/- 2.8 cm H2O in the 12 FL patients (p < 0.00001). The majority of patients with ARF resulting from underlying lung disease (11 of 13) had FL and a PEEPi,st > 4 cm H2O, whereas in patients with ARF of extrapulmonary origin, PEEPi,st was always < 4 cm H2O and only one grossly obese patient exhibited FL. Based on multiple regression analysis, in non-FL patients, PEEPi,st correlated significantly only with minute ventilation, whereas in FL patients PEEPi,st correlated significantly with peak airway pressure. CONCLUSIONS Because all the patients exhibited PEEPi,st and 12 of 32 patients (38%) also had FL, the authors conclude that the assessment of these variables at the bedside could provide useful information concerning respiratory mechanics in mechanically ventilated patients.
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- A Armaganidis
- Critical Care Department, Evangelismos General Hospital, Medical School of Athens University, Greece
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This review provides an update on the various techniques that are available to monitor patients during mechanical ventilation with an emphasis on clinical observations and applications in critically ill patients.
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- A Jubran
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Edward Hines Jr., Veterans Affairs Hospital and Loyola University of Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Hines, IL 60141, USA
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Zieliński J. Effects of long-term oxygen therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Curr Opin Pulm Med 1999; 5:81-7. [PMID: 10813256 DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199903000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Long-term oxygen therapy is largely used in the management of severe hypoxemia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It was demonstrated that long-term oxygen therapy prolongs life, prevents progression of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension, and controls polycythemia. Recent data suggest that in patients with moderate hypoxemia (Pao2 > 55 mm Hg), long-term oxygen therapy does not prolong life. Life expectancy in those patients seems to depend on the severity of airway obstruction. Long-term oxygen therapy improves cognitive functions and emotional status. There is some evidence suggesting that it also improves quality of life, but more data are needed. There are conflicting data concerning the rationale for nocturnal oxygen supplementation in patients with arterial blood desaturation during sleep.
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- J Zieliński
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland
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Kress JP, O'Connor MF, Schmidt GA. Clinical examination reliably detects intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure in critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999; 159:290-4. [PMID: 9872852 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.1.9805011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Critically ill patients requiring mechanical ventilation often develop intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi). Methods for its detection include an expiratory flow waveform display (not always available), an esophageal pressure transducer (invasive), or a relaxed or paralyzed patient. We sought to determine the accuracy of clinical examination for detecting PEEPi. Examiners blinded to waveform analysis assessed patients for the presence of PEEPi by inspection/palpation and auscultation. If either inspection/palpation or auscultation demonstrated PEEPi, it was said to be present by clinical exam. Clinicians with various levels of experience (attending, resident, student) made 503 observations of 71 patients. Sensitivity (SENS), specificity (SPEC), positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and likelihood ratios were determined for inspection/palpation, auscultation, and clinical exam. PEEPi was present during 69.8% of observations. SENS, SPEC, and PPV of clinical exam were 0.72, 0.91, and 0.95 respectively for the examiners as a whole. Likelihood ratio for PEEPi detection by clinical exam was 8.35. Attending intensivists displayed SPEC and PPV of 1.0. NPV was only 0.58 (likelihood ratio 0.31). We conclude that the clinical exam is very good for detecting PEEPi at all experience levels; and further, that the clinical exam is only modestly useful for ruling out PEEPi, therefore, other tests should be used if PEEPi is not detected by clinical exam.
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- J P Kress
- Departments of Medicine and Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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This article provides a review of respiratory mechanics that can be monitored in ventilator-dependent patients during passive and spontaneous breathing. Special focus is placed on resistance, compliance, and work of breathing. A description of methods and techniques, and a summary of clinical observations and applications in critically-ill patients are also included.
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- A Jubran
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Edward Hines Jr Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA
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Gil A, Carrizosa F, Herrero A, Martin J, González J, Jareño A, Rivero J. Influence of mechanical ventilation on blood lactate in patients with acute respiratory failure. Intensive Care Med 1998; 24:924-30. [PMID: 9803328 DOI: 10.1007/s001340050691] [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: 10/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine whether mechanical ventilation (MV) may affect blood lactate concentration in patients with acute respiratory failure. DESIGN Prospective observational study with follow-up to hospital discharge. SETTING A 17-bed medical and coronary intensive care unit in a 650-bed general hospital. PATIENTS 55 adult patients mechanically ventilated for acute respiratory failure between May 1996 and April 1997 were recruited. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Arterial blood samples for determination of plasma lactate and blood gas analysis were taken just before tracheal intubation on spontaneous breathing, and 20 and 60 min after the initiation of controlled MV. Cuff systemic arterial pressure was measured before tracheal intubation and every 10 min during the first h of MV. Hyperlactatemia (arterial blood lactate > or = 2 mmol/l) was present in 21 of the 55 patients studied. After 20 min of MV, there was a decrease in blood lactate from 4.74 +/- 1.78 to 3.07 +/- 1.69 mmol/l (p < 0.01); 40 min later there was a further decrease to 2.63 +/- 1.35 mmol/l (p < 0.05). The decrease in blood lactate was also observed in those patients who after starting MV developed systemic arterial hypotension (p < 0.01). In patients with a normal lactate concentration at the entry to the study, lactate remained the same after 60 min on MV (NS). CONCLUSIONS Controlled MV decreases substantially the severity of hyperlactatemia in patients with acute respiratory failure, and any adverse circulatory effects of MV do not alter this beneficial outcome.
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- A Gil
- Intensive Care Unit, Hospital of Jerez, C(a) Circunvalacion sn, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
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Vassilakopoulos T, Zakynthinos S, Roussos C. The tension-time index and the frequency/tidal volume ratio are the major pathophysiologic determinants of weaning failure and success. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998; 158:378-85. [PMID: 9700110 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.2.9710084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We have previously shown (Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 1995;152:1248-1255) that in patients needing mechanical ventilation, the load imposed on the inspiratory muscles is excessive relative to their neuromuscular capacity. We have therefore hypothesized that weaning failure may occur because at the time of the trial of spontaneous breathing there is insufficient reduction of the inspiratory load. We therefore prospectively studied patients who initially had failed to wean from mechanical ventilation (F) but had successful weaning (S) on a later occasion. Compared with S, during F patients had greater intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (6. 10 +/- 2.45 versus 3.83 +/- 2.69 cm H2O), dynamic hyperinflation (327 +/- 180 versus 213 +/- 175 ml), total resistance (Rmax, 14.14 +/- 4.95 versus 11.19 +/- 4.01 cm H2O/L/s), ratio of mean to maximum inspiratory pressure (0.46 +/- 0.1 versus 0.31 +/- 0.08), tension time index (TTI, 0.162 +/- 0.032 versus 0.102 +/- 0.023) and power (315 +/- 153 versus 215 +/- 75 cm H2O x L/min), less maximum inspiratory pressure (42.3 +/- 12.7 versus 53.8 +/- 15.1 cm H2O), and a breathing pattern that was more rapid and shallow (ratio of frequency to tidal volume, f/VT 98 +/- 38 versus 62 +/- 21 breaths/min/L). To clarify on pathophysiologic grounds what determines inability to wean from mechanical ventilation, we performed multiple logistic regression analysis with the weaning outcome as the dependent variable. The TTI and the f/VT ratio were the only significant variables in the model. We conclude that the TTI and the f/VT are the major pathophysiologic determinants underlying the transition from weaning failure to weaning success.
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- T Vassilakopoulos
- Department of Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, University of Athens Medical School, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
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Hayot M, Perrigault PF, Gautier-Dechaud V, Capdevila X, Milic-Emili J, Prefaut C, Ramonatxo M. Tension-time index of inspiratory muscles in COPD patients: role of airway obstruction. Respir Med 1998; 92:828-35. [PMID: 9850366 DOI: 10.1016/s0954-6111(98)90384-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Inspiratory muscle function has been shown to be related to general muscle weakness, weight loss, blood gas tensions, airway obstruction and hyperinflation. The aim of this study was to define (1) the factor that is the main determinant of the tension-time index of the inspiratory muscles (TTmus), and which this increases the risk of inspiratory muscle fatigue; and (2) whether a breathing strategy is adopted to avoid inspiratory muscle fatigue. Twenty-seven normal volunteers and 35 stable COPD outpatients (FEV1% predicted, range: 21-89%; and FRC/TLC, range: 49-77%) were studied. The TTmus was determined as follows: TTmus = PI/PImax.TI/Ttot, where Pi is the mean inspiratory pressure calculated from the mouth occlusion pressure (P0.1), PImax is the maximal inspiratory pressure, TI is the inspiratory time, and Ttot is the total time of the breathing cycle. COPD patients showed significantly lower PImax and higher P0.1, PI, PI/PImax, and TTmus than normal subjects. No patient had a TTmus value higher than the inspiratory muscle fatigue threshold of 0.33. The FEV1 was significantly correlated with TTmus and all its components in the patients. The FRC/TLC was also correlated with all components except PI. Body weight was only correlated with PImax. In a forward and backward stepwise regression analysis, FEV1 appeared to be the only significant factor explaining the variance of log (PI/PImax) and log (TTmus), whereas FRC/TLC was the principal determinant of PImax. In COPD patients, a non-linear relationship was found between TI and P0.1. A negative linear relationship was found between TI/Ttot and PI/PImax. In conclusion, although hyperinflation predominantly affected inspiratory muscle strength in a group of stable COPD patients with a wide range of severity, airway obstruction was the principal factor determining the magnitude of TTmus. In addition, in order to remain below the inspiratory muscle fatigue threshold, as the severity of airway obstruction increased, patients adopted a breathing strategy characterized by decreased TI/Ttot as inspiratory pressure demand increased.
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- M Hayot
- Laboratoire de Physiologie des Interactions, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France
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Pelosi P, Aliverti A, Dellaca R. Chest Wall Mechanics: Methods of Measurement and Physiopathologic Insights. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-72038-3_32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Girault C, Chevron V, Richard JC, Daudenthun I, Pasquis P, Leroy J, Bonmarchand G. Physiological effects and optimisation of nasal assist-control ventilation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in respiratory failure. Thorax 1997; 52:690-6. [PMID: 9337827 PMCID: PMC1758630 DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.8.690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND A study was undertaken to investigate the effects of non-invasive assist-control ventilation (ACV) by nasal mask on respiratory physiological parameters and comfort in acute on chronic respiratory failure (ACRF). METHODS Fifteen patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were prospectively and randomly assigned to two non-invasive ventilation (NIV) sequences in spontaneous breathing (SB) and ACV mode. ACV settings were always optimised and therefore subsequently adjusted according to patient's tolerance and air leaks. RESULTS ACV significantly decreased all the total inspiratory work of breathing (WOBinsp) parameters, pressure time product, and oesophageal pressure variation in comparison with SB mode. The ACV mode also resulted in a significant reduction in surface diaphragmatic electromyographic activity to 36% of the control values and significantly improved the breathing pattern. SB did not change the arterial blood gas tensions from baseline values whereas ACV significantly improved both the PaO2 from a mean (SD) of 8.45 (2.95) kPa to 13.31 (2.15) kPa, PaCO2 from 9.52 (1.61) kPa to 7.39 (1.39) kPa, and the pH from 7.32 (0.03) to 7.40 (0.07). The respiratory comfort was significantly lower with ACV than with SB. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that the clinical benefit of non-invasive ACV in the management of ACRF in patients with COPD results in a reduced inspiratory muscle activity providing an improvement in breathing pattern and gas exchange. Despite respiratory discomfort, the muscle rest provided appears sufficient when ACV settings are optimised.
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- C Girault
- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Charles-Nicolle University Hospital, Rouen, France
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Girault C, Richard JC, Chevron V, Tamion F, Pasquis P, Leroy J, Bonmarchand G. Comparative physiologic effects of noninvasive assist-control and pressure support ventilation in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure. Chest 1997; 111:1639-48. [PMID: 9187187 DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.6.1639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVE To compare the effects of noninvasive assist-control ventilation (ACV) and pressure support ventilation (PSV) by nasal mask on respiratory physiologic parameters and comfort in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF). DESIGN A prospective randomized study. SETTING A medical ICU. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTIONS Fifteen patients with COPD and AHRF were consecutively and randomly assigned to two noninvasive ventilation (NIV) sequences with ACV and PSV mode, spontaneous breathing (SB) via nasal mask being used as control. ACV and PSV settings were always subsequently adjusted according to patient's tolerance and air leaks. Fraction of inspired oxygen did not change between the sequences. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS ACV and PSV mode strongly decreased the inspiratory effort in comparison with SB. The total inspiratory work of breathing (WOBinsp) expressed as WOBinsp/tidal volume (VT) and WOBinsp/respiratory rate (RR), the pressure time product (PTP), and esophageal pressure variations (deltaPes) were the most discriminant parameters (p<0.001). ACV most reduced WOBinsp/VT (p<0.05), deltaPes (p<0.05), and PTP (0.01) compared with PSV mode. The surface diaphragmatic electromyogram activity was also decreased >32% as compared with control values (p<0.01), with no difference between the two modes. Simultaneously, NIV significantly improved breathing pattern (p<0.01) with no difference between ACV and PSV for VT, RR, minute ventilation, and total cycle duration. As compared to SB, respiratory acidosis was similarly improved by both modes. The respiratory comfort assessed by visual analog scale was less with ACV (57.23+/-30.12 mm) than with SB (75.15+/-18.25 mm) (p<0.05) and PSV mode (81.62+/-25.2 mm) (p<0.01) in our patients. CONCLUSIONS During NIV for AHRF using settings adapted to patient's clinical tolerance and mask air leaks, both ACV and PSV mode provide respiratory muscle rest and similarly improve breathing pattern and gas exchange. However, these physiologic effects are achieved with a lower inspiratory workload but at the expense of a higher respiratory discomfort with ACV than with PSV mode.
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- C Girault
- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Charles Nicolle University Hospital, Rouen, France
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Koulouris NG, Dimopoulou I, Valta P, Finkelstein R, Cosio MG, Milic-Emili J. Detection of expiratory flow limitation during exercise in COPD patients. J Appl Physiol (1985) 1997; 82:723-31. [PMID: 9074955 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.3.723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The negative expiratory pressure (NEP) method was used to detect expiratory flow limitation at rest and at different exercise levels in 4 normal subjects and 14 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This method does not require performance of forced expirations, nor does it require use of body plethysmography. It consists in applying negative pressure (-5 cmH2O) at the mouth during early expiration and comparing the flow-volume curve of the ensuing expiration with that of the preceding control breath. Subjects in whom application of NEP does not elicit an increase in flow during part or all of the tidal expiration are considered flow limited. The four normal subjects were not flow limited up to 90% of maximal exercise power output (Wmax). Five COPD patients were flow limited at rest, 9 were flow limited at one-third Wmax, and 12 were flow limited at two-thirds Wmax. Whereas in all patients who were flow limited at rest the maximal O2 uptake was below the normal limits, this was not the case in most of the other patients. In conclusion, NEP provides a rapid and reliable method to detect expiratory flow limitation at rest and during exercise.
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- N G Koulouris
- Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Bonmarchand G, Chevron V, Chopin C, Jusserand D, Girault C, Moritz F, Leroy J, Pasquis P. Increased initial flow rate reduces inspiratory work of breathing during pressure support ventilation in patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Intensive Care Med 1996; 22:1147-54. [PMID: 9120105 DOI: 10.1007/bf01709328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the level of initial flow rate alters the work of breathing in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients ventilated in pressure support ventilation (PSV). DESIGN Prospective study. SETTINGS Medical ICU in University hospital. PATIENTS Eleven intubated COPD patients. METHODS We modulated the initial flow rate in order to achieve seven different sequences. In each sequence, the plateau pressure was reached within a predetermined time: 0.1, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1, 1.25 or 1.50 s. The more rapidly the pressure plateau was achieved, the higher was the initial flow rate. In each patient, the pressure support level was an invariable parameter. The order of the seven sequences for each patient was determined randomly. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Ten minutes after application of each initial flow rate, we measured the following parameters: inspiratory work of breathing, electromyogram (EMG) of the diaphragm (EMGdi), breathing pattern, and intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi). Comparison between the means for each sequence and each variable measured was performed by two-way analysis of variance with internal comparisons between sequences by Duncan's test. The reduction of the initial flow rate induced a progressive increase in the values of the work of breathing, EMGdi, and mouth occlusion pressure (P 0.1). In contrast, the reduction of the initial flow rate did not induce any significant change in tidal volume, respiratory frequency or PEEPi. CONCLUSIONS As the objective of PSV is to reduce the work of breathing, it seems logical to use the highest initial flow rate to induce the lowest possible work of breathing in COPD ventilated patients.
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- G Bonmarchand
- Intensive Care Unit, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, University of Rouen, France
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Approximately half of the patients admitted to an ICU are admitted for the purposes of monitoring rather than interventional therapy. In the last decade, significant technologic advances have enhanced monitoring capacities, and the understanding of the pathophysiology of respiratory failure has improved pari passu, allowing clinicians to employ monitors in a more intelligent manner. This article deals with new developments in arterial blood gas monitoring, pulse oximetry, capnometry, and monitoring of neuromuscular function and pulmonary mechanics, emphasizing issues most relevant to mechanical ventilation.
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- A Jubran
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Edward Hines, Jr, Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA
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