Electrical impedance tomography to titrate positive end-expiratory pressure in COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome

RATIONALE: Patients with coronavirus disease-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (C-ARDS) could have a specific physiological phenotype as compared with those affected by ARDS from other causes (NC-ARDS).

OBJECTIVES: To describe the effect of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) on respiratory mechanics in C-ARDS patients in supine and prone position, and as compared to NC-ARDS. The primary endpoint was the best PEEP defined as the smallest sum of hyperdistension and collapse.

METHODS: Seventeen patients with moderate-to-severe C-ARDS were monitored by electrical impedance tomography (EIT) and evaluated during PEEP titration in supine (n = 17) and prone (n = 14) position and compared with 13 NC-ARDS patients investigated by EIT in our department before the COVID-19 pandemic.

RESULTS: As compared with NC-ARDS, C-ARDS exhibited a higher median best PEEP (defined using EIT as the smallest sum of hyperdistension and collapse, 12 [9, 12] vs. 9 [6, 9] cmH2O, p < 0.01), more collapse at low PEEP, and less hyperdistension at high PEEP. The median value of the best PEEP was similar in C-ARDS in supine and prone position: 12 [9, 12] vs. 12 [10, 15] cmH2O, p = 0.59. The response to PEEP was also similar in C-ARDS patients with higher vs. lower respiratory system compliance.

CONCLUSION: An intermediate PEEP level seems appropriate in half of our C-ARDS patients. There is no solid evidence that compliance at low PEEP could predict the response to PEEP.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Critical care (London, England) - 24(2020), 1 vom: 07. Dez., Seite 678

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Perier, François [VerfasserIn]
Tuffet, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Maraffi, Tommaso [VerfasserIn]
Alcala, Glasiele [VerfasserIn]
Victor, Marcus [VerfasserIn]
Haudebourg, Anne-Fleur [VerfasserIn]
Razazi, Keyvan [VerfasserIn]
De Prost, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Amato, Marcelo [VerfasserIn]
Carteaux, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Mekontso Dessap, Armand [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ARDS
COVID-19
Electrical impedance tomography
Journal Article
Mechanical ventilation
PEEP

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 31.12.2020

Date Revised 31.12.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13054-020-03414-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318536692