High PEEP in acute respiratory distress syndrome : quantitative evaluation between improved arterial oxygenation and decreased oxygen delivery

© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Journal of Anaesthesia..

BACKGROUND: Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is widely used to improve oxygenation and prevent alveolar collapse in mechanically ventilated patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Although PEEP improves arterial oxygenation predictably, high-PEEP strategies have demonstrated equivocal improvements in ARDS-related mortality. The effect of PEEP on tissue oxygen delivery is poorly understood and is difficult to quantify or investigate in the clinical environment.

METHODS: We investigated the effects of PEEP on tissue oxygen delivery in ARDS using a new, high-fidelity, computational model with highly integrated respiratory and cardiovascular systems. The model was configured to replicate published clinical trial data on the responses of 12 individual ARDS patients to changes in PEEP. These virtual patients were subjected to increasing PEEP levels during a lung-protective ventilation strategy (0-20 cm H2O). Measured variables included arterial oxygenation, cardiac output, peripheral oxygen delivery, and alveolar strain.

RESULTS: As PEEP increased, tissue oxygen delivery decreased in all subjects (mean reduction of 25% at 20 cm H2O PEEP), despite an increase in arterial oxygen tension (mean increase 6.7 kPa at 20 cm H2O PEEP). Changes in arterial oxygenation and tissue oxygen delivery differed between subjects but showed a consistent pattern. Static and dynamic alveolar strain decreased in all patients as PEEP increased.

CONCLUSIONS: Incremental PEEP in ARDS appears to protect alveoli and improve arterial oxygenation, but also appears to impair tissue oxygen delivery significantly because of reduced cardiac output. We propose that this trade-off may explain the poor improvements in mortality associated with high-PEEP ventilation strategies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:117

Enthalten in:

British journal of anaesthesia - 117(2016), 5 vom: 19. Nov., Seite 650-658

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chikhani, M [VerfasserIn]
Das, A [VerfasserIn]
Haque, M [VerfasserIn]
Wang, W [VerfasserIn]
Bates, D G [VerfasserIn]
Hardman, J G [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Computer simulation
Evaluation Study
Journal Article
Oxygen
Respiration, artificial
Respiratory distress syndrome, adult
S88TT14065

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Date Completed 10.08.2018

Date Revised 01.03.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM265805295