A combination of mild-moderate hypoxemia and low compliance is highly prevalent in persistent ARDS : a retrospective study

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BACKGROUND: The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by lung inflammation and edema, impairing both oxygenation and lung compliance. Recent studies reported a dissociation between oxygenation and compliance (severe hypoxemia with preserved compliance) in early ARDS and COVID-19-related-ARDS (CARDS). During the pandemic, in patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation, we observed the opposite combination (mild-moderate hypoxemia but significantly impaired compliance). The purpose of our study was to investigate the prevalence of this combination of mild-moderate hypoxemia and impaired compliance in persistent ARDS and CARDS.

METHODS: For this retrospective study, we used individual patient-level data from two independent cohorts of ARDS patients. The ARDSNet cohort included patients from four ARDS Network randomized controlled trials. The CARDS cohort included patients with ARDS due to COVID-19 hospitalized in two intensive care units in Greece. We used a threshold of 150 for PaO2/FiO2 and 30 ml/cmH2O for compliance, estimated the prevalence of each of the four combinations of oxygenation and compliance at baseline, and examined the change in its prevalence from baseline to day 21 in the ARDSNet and CARDS cohorts.

RESULTS: The ARDSNet cohort included 2909 patients and the CARDS cohort included 349 patients. The prevalence of the combination of mild-moderate hypoxemia and low compliance increased from baseline to day 21 both in the ARDSNet cohort (from 22.2 to 42.7%) and in the CARDS cohort (from 3.1 to 33.3%). Among surviving patients with low compliance, oxygenation improved over time. The 60-day mortality rate was higher for patients who had mild-moderate hypoxemia and low compliance on day 21 (28% and 56% in ARDSNet and CARDS), compared to those who had mild-moderate hypoxemia and high compliance (20% and 50%, respectively).

CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with ARDS who require prolonged controlled mechanical ventilation, regardless of ARDS etiology, a dissociation between oxygenation and compliance characterized by mild-moderate hypoxemia but low compliance becomes increasingly prevalent. The findings of this study highlight the importance of monitoring mechanics in patients with persistent ARDS.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Respiratory research - 25(2024), 1 vom: 03. Jan., Seite 1

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Papoutsi, Eleni [VerfasserIn]
Andrianopoulos, Ioannis [VerfasserIn]
Mavrikaki, Vasiliki [VerfasserIn]
Bolaki, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Stamatopoulou, Vagia [VerfasserIn]
Toli, Eleni [VerfasserIn]
Papathanakos, Georgios [VerfasserIn]
Koulouras, Vasilios [VerfasserIn]
Kondili, Eumorfia [VerfasserIn]
Siempos, Ilias I [VerfasserIn]
Vaporidi, Katerina [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Acute respiratory failure
COVID-19
Journal Article
Prolonged mechanical ventilation

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Date Completed 05.01.2024

Date Revised 06.01.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12931-023-02626-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366636227