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Analysis of criteria for ventilatory support adjustment of mechanical ventilation

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Author(s):
Renata Pletsch Assunção
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Doctoral Thesis
Press: São Paulo.
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM/SBD)
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Examining board members:
Pedro Caruso; Juliana Carvalho Ferreira; Pedro Medeiros Junior; Mauro Roberto Tucci
Advisor: Pedro Caruso
Abstract

Introdution: The adequate assistance is essential for the treatment of mechanically ventilated patient. The search of parameters to achieve the optimal adjustment and with easy application to bedside, for example, non-invasive methods. Objective: Analyze the diagnostic accuracy of the breathing pattern variables, esophageal and tracheal P0.1 for adjustment of mechanical ventilation in pressure support ventilation. Methods: Twenty-seven patients in intensive care unit were consecutively included in the study. All patients were in the pressure support mode, which was raised to 20 cmH2O and decreased in steps of 3 cmH2O up to 2 cmH2O or earlier if the patient had signs of respiratory distress. Patients were monitored with catheters for esophageal and gastric pressure measurements, with the T-piece was used close to the tube to measure tracheal pressure during an airway occlusion and a pneumotachograph for flow measurements. Data was recorded for all support levels to esophageal, gastric, and tracheal pressures, also hemodynamic data and ventilatory pattern. The adjustment of mechanical ventilation was classified as adequate assistance, overassistance and underassistance according to pre-established criteria. Results: Two hundred and ten periods were analyzed with different pressures of support and 49% of these periods were overassistance, while 3,8% these periods were underassistance. At baseline, while patients were still ventilatory assistance set by assistance staff, 48,2% had overassistance. Due to the low incidence of periods with underassistance, the variables accurancy has not been evaluated. The variable breathing pattern that was more accurate diagnosing overassistance was the respiratory rate (90% sensitivity and specificity of 88 % when the respiratory rate was less than 17 breaths per minute). Other variables of the breathing pattern did not show high accuracy although esophageal P0.1 (sensitivity 81 % and specificity of 70 % when P0.1 <= 1,9) and tracheal P0.1 (sensitivity 81 % and specificity of 70 % when P0.1 <= 2,1) were high accuracy diagnosing overassistance. Conclusion: The occurrence of overassistance was significantly higher than underassistance. The respiratory rate below 17 was the variable breathing pattern more accurate to predict overassistance. The esophageal and tracheal P0.1 also had high accuracy but lower than the respiratory rate (AU)

FAPESP's process: 12/09170-3 - Criteria Analisys for Ventilatory Support Adjustment of Mechanical Ventilation
Grantee:Renata Pletsch Assunção
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate