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Filter by:Goal of this study is to determine optimal PEEP levels for patients undergoing surgery in lateral decubitus position. Patients will be randomized into 3 groups - PEEP 0, 5 and 10 mbar. Endotracheal anesthesia will be conducted with propofol, fentanyl, rocuronium and sevoflurane/O2/air gas mixture. Patients with preexisting lung disease, organ transplants and disseminated malignant disease will be excluded. Demographic data - age, weight, height, ASA status, smoking history will be recorded. EIT measured parameters - tidal variation ratio of nondependent and dependent lung, regional end-tidal and end-expiratory lung impedances as well as horizontal and vertical centers of ventilation will be recorded and calculated at 3 time points - before anesthesia induction, 5 minutes after lateral positioning of the patient and 90 minutes after lateral positioning. ABGs will be sampled to calculate aA gradient and Horovitz quotient at those time points as well as measured hemodynamic parameters (HR, BP, CI, SVI). Primary endpoints for the study are nondependent/dependent tidal variation ratios measured at predefined time points and changes in ABGs. Secondary endpoints are number of postoperative pulmonary complications (defined as new onset of pneumonia during 28 days of followup), length of hospital stay and changes in hemodynamic parameters.
In intensive care unit (ICU), mechanical ventilation (MV) is part of routine care. Weaning phase is a daily preoccupation for the caregivers. Prolonged MV can lead to many complications. Failing the weaning phase expose the patient to the need for reintubation, that improves the mortality. The caregiver faces a major problem, in one hand the need to wean properly and quickly and on the other the risk of reintubation. In order to help the clinician making the good choice, the spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) is a key tool. The international literature provides the investigators many ways to perform the SBT. The most common is the T-piece; the patient is disconnected from the ventilator and connected to a T-piece that can provide supplemental oxygen. Another one is the Support pressure trial, the patient is still connected to the ventilator, but the setups are changed to recreate the T-piece conditions. In many French ICU's, the SBT is performed by using a heat humidifier filter that is directly connected to the endotracheal tube, this filter allows the clinician to provide supplemental oxygen in accordance with the patient need. In high risk for reintubation patients, the SBT can create physical stress, that lead to prolonged MV. In our ICU, for those patients, the investigators perform the SBT by connecting the patient to a device that provides high flow oxygen trough endotracheal connector for tracheotomy. The investigators hypothesis that high flow oxygen SBT, will allow the high risk for reintubation patients to succeed the SBT.
The investigators hypothesis is that the adjustment of the inspiratory time may optimize the distribution of ventilation and increase tidal volume, producing potential therapeutic effects on the displacement of secretions and respiratory mechanics. The objective of this study was To evaluate the effects of hyperinflation with the ventilator associated with increased inspiratory time on respiratory mechanics.
Ultrasonography is a commonly used diagnostic and procedural adjunctive modality in intensive care. Weaning of neurosurgical patients off ventilatory support is a critical procedure, fraught with risks of hypoxia and hypercapnia. Weaning involves sequential reduction of ventilatory support and regular assessments for extubation followed by spontaneous breathing trials. In this study, we evaluate parameters of ultrasonographic evaluation of lung aeration and cardiac function in neurosurgical patients undergoing weaning and their ability to predict successful weaning and extubation.
The investigators aimed to develop integrated ultrasound guided mechanical weaning protocol in critically ill patients. The analysis will be taken (1) just before the spontaneous breathing trial in enrolled patients with mechanical ventilation and (2) in patients with tracheostomy who fail ventilator off.
Among critically ill patients requiring mechanical ventilation and catecholamines for shock, nearly 40% to 50% die, and functional recovery is often delayed in survivors. International guidelines include early nutritional support (≤48 h after admission), 20-25 kcal/kg/d at the acute phase, and 1.2-2 g/kg/d protein. These targets are rarely achieved in patients with severe critically illnesses. Recent data challenge the wisdom of providing standard amounts of calories and protein during the acute phase of critical illness. Studies designed to improve enteral nutrition delivery showed no outcome benefits with higher intakes. Instead, adding parenteral nutrition to increase intakes was associated with longer ICU stays and more infectious complications. Studies suggest that higher protein intakes during the acute phase may be associated with greater muscle wasting and ICU-acquired weakness. The optimal calorie and protein supply at the acute phase of severe critical illness remains unknown. NUTRIREA-3 will be the first trial to compare standard calorie and protein feeding complying with guidelines to low-calorie low-protein feeding potentially associated with improved muscle preservation, translating into shorter mechanical ventilation and ICU-stay durations, lower ICU-acquired infection rates, lower mortality, and better long-term clinical outcomes. This multicentre, randomized, controlled, open trial will compare, in patients receiving mechanical ventilation and treated with vasoactive agent for shock two strategies for initiating nutritional support at the acute phase of ICU management (D0-D7): early calorie/protein restriction (6 kcal/kg/d/0.2-0.4 g/kg/d, Low group) or standard calorie/protein targets (25 kcal/kg/d/1.0-1.3 g/kg/d, Standard group). Patients in both groups will receive enteral or parenteral nutrition appropriate for their critical illness. Two alternative primary end-points will be evaluated: all-cause mortality by day 90 and time to discharge alive from the ICU. Second end-points will be calories and proteins delivered, nosocomial infections, gastro-intestinal complications, glucose control, liver dysfunctions, muscle function at the time of readiness for ICU discharge and quality of life at 3 months and 1 year after study inclusion.
New or worsening cognitive impairment occurs in up to 58% of survivors of critical illnesses and are long-lasting with significant disability and socioeconomic cost. There are currently no known interventions that reduce the incidence of cognitive impairment after critical illnesses. Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) is the use of technology to create a perception of presence in a three-dimensional, computer-generated interactive simulated environment. Prior clinical studies have demonstrated potential efficacy in rehabilitation of severe traumatic brain injury. The investigators propose a preliminary study for the evaluation of safety, tolerability, and early efficacy of immersive virtual reality for early neurocognitive stimulation in critically-ill, mechanically ventilated patients. The investigators hypothesize that the use of IVR technology for early neurocognitive simulation is safe and tolerable in these patients. This study will also evaluate whether early application of IVR in critically ill, mechanically ventilated subjects, can provide neurocognitive stimulation. 30 patients admitted to the intensive care unit for acute respiratory failure or septic shock will be evaluated for recruitment. 10 patients will be in the control group and 20 patients would have 2 sessions of IVR planned daily for a maximum of 3 days. Assessment of safety will involve monitoring for physiological derangements in heart rate, respiratory rate, pulse oximetry and blood pressure during the IVR session. Assessment of tolerability will involve monitoring for increased agitation. Assessment of early efficacy will involve evaluation of visual attention during the IVR session. 5-channel electroencephalogram would aim to detect objective changes in visual event-related potentials and the IVR headgear will incorporate eye-tracking technology. To conclude, should IVR be feasible and safe, future interventional studies may be planned to investigate its impact on reduction in the use of sedatives, analgesia, delirium incidence and severity of cognitive impairment associated with critical illness.
Although positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) has been widely used in mechanical ventilated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), how to select the "optimal" PEEP is far from consensus. The application of PEEP may result in beneficial effect by recruiting previously collapsed lung areas, harmful effect by over-distending previously aerated lung areas, or a combination of the both. The net effect of PEEP in a certain patient may depend on the recruitability. Because recruitability varies extremely in ARDS patients and strongly correlates with the response to PEEP, estimation of end-expiratory lung volume (EELV) may be essential for individualized setting of PEEP. Whether the FRC changes at different PEEP levels remains unknown.
Ventilation is a major treatment of respiratory failure due to neuromuscular disorders. First line treatment is noninvasive ventilation (NIV) but in some situations, especially in case of NIV inefficiency, invasive ventilation with tracheostomy (IVT) may be required. In both situations, patients may become dependent on ventilatory support with the disease evolution. Ventilation then can interfere speech and the quality of communication of the patients. Modification of the ventilation parameters may result in improved speech quality (for example, positive expiratory pressure (PEP) while not necessary for ventilation quality can dramatically improve speech in tracheostomized patients). Therefore, it would be of interest to allow patients to benefit from these specific parameters when they need to speak without maintaining them when patients are not speaking. We want to evaluate a specific ventilator feature which can detect speech and switch to specific ventilation parameters adapted for speech We believe that this feature will improve significantly speech quality in patients dependant either on NIV or IVT.
The Rapid Shallow Breathing Index (RSBI) is the ratio between respiratory rate (RR) and tidal volume (VT). It is routinely used to predict mechanical ventilation weaning outcome in ICU patients. However RSBI doesn't reflect the muscular contribution of diaphragm or accessory muscles in generating tidal volume. Actually, diaphragmatic dysfunction can even delay weaning process, because accessory muscles are more fatigable than the diaphragm. Hence, the investigators hypothesized that diaphragmatic displacement (DD) could be associated with RSBI in a new index named Rapid Shallow Diaphragmatic Index (RSDI) such as: RSDI = RSBI/DD. The aim of this study is to compare the ability of the RSDI versus the traditional RSBI to predict weaning success in ready-to-wean patients.