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Filter by:Anesthesia-induced atelectasis is a well-known entity observed in approximately 68-100% of pediatric patients undergoing general anesthesia. Infants and young children are more susceptible to this lung collapse due to their small functional residual capacity. Thus, intrapulmonary shunting caused by those atelectasis are more likely to occur during general anesthesia in infants and younger children than in adults. This problem predisposes children to hypoxemic episodes that can persist in the early postoperative period. Beyond the negative impact of atelectasis on gas exchange, mechanical ventilation induces a local inflammatory response in atelectatic lungs, even in healthy patients undergoing general anesthesia. Therefore, the diagnosis, prevention and active treatment of anesthesia-induced atelectasis are mandatory, not only to avoid hypoxemic episodes and atelectasis-related post-operative pulmonary complications, but also to protect the lungs during mechanical ventilation. Nowadays, the diagnosis of anesthesia-induced atelectasis is easily and accurately accomplished by lung ultrasound (LUS). LUS is a simple and non-invasive tool useful to detect atelectasis in children, to assess lung aeration and for monitoring ventilator settings or strategies. Regarding to the prevention of atelectasis, it was demonstrated that the application of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) during the induction of general anesthesia decreases atelectasis formation in adult morbidly obese patients. The investigators hypothesized that the use of CPAP during general anesthesia induction in pediatric patients can prevent or decrease atelectasis formation.
The investigators compare the degree of atelectasis in recovery room between conventional recruitment maneuver and ultrasonography-guided lung recruitment during surgery.
The effect of biphasic positive airway pressure (Bi-PAP) at individualized pressures on the postoperative pulmonary recovery of morbidly obese patients (MOP) undergoing open bariatric surgery (OBS) and possible placebo device-related effects (sham-Bi-PAP) were investigated.
Atelectasis formation using HFJV during stereotactic solid organ ablations. Primary endpoint will be to study the formation of atelectasis during HFJV. Secondary endpoint will be to study liver displacement over time. Reference groups will be found in previous published articles as referred to above. Materials and methods: A radiological protocol has been made for the CT-scanner to take 10 cm volume Scans of the lower part of the lung. The scans will have its' lower border tangential to the top of the diaphragm. The first scan will be performed in the same session as the routine scan of the liver is performed after the patient is anesthetized. These Scans will then be repeated every 15 minute during the first 45 minutes. Arterial bloodgas analysis, transcutaneous CO2, blood pressure, saturation as well as parameters from the jet ventilator and the standard ventilator will be recorded.
This study will compare an oxygenation test based on arterial blood gas analysis with computed tomography for estimating the extent of atelectasis.
A study on healthy patients undergoing anesthesia for non-abdominal surgery - evaluation of positive end-expiratory pressure versus zero positive end-expiratory pressure on the amount of atelectasis in the early postoperative period.
Patients submitted to general anesthesia and artificial ventilation almost always develop pulmonary atelectasis, which can determine adverse consequences both intraoperatively and postoperatively. It is recommended to use physiological tidal volume (6 - 8 mL / kg of ideal body weight) during the intraoperative period in order to minimize the risk of lung injury. To prevent the formation of atelectasis, minimizing the risk of complications, the use of PEEP has been recommended. At present, there is no way to make an optimal adjustment of PEEP to the needs of each patient, seeking a value that keeps the alveoli open without forming atelectasis and also without areas of hyperdistension. The aim of this study was to evaluate the agreement between the ultrasound and the electrical impedance tomography - Timpel® (TIE) to detect the beginning of the formation of areas of atelectasis after pulmonary recruitment, with decreasing PEEP values. In addition, the lung ultrasound will be validated for intraoperative use for both adequacy of PEEP, as well as quantitative analyzes of ultrasound images to assess atelectasis. 18 patients (> 18 years) of both sexes, submitted to general anesthesia, will be prospectively studied. All patients will receive, in addition to the usual monitoring, the monitoring with the electrical impedance tomography and chest ultrasonography, after being anesthetized and under neuromuscular block, being ventilated with an inspired fraction of 50% oxygen (or greater to maintain oxygen saturation > 96% ), Tidal volume of 6 mL / kg and respiratory rate to maintain expiratory tidal CO2 between 35-45 cmH2O.
Laparoscopy and robotic techniques are widespread procedures for pelvic gynecologic, urologic and abdominal surgery often performed in Trendelenburg position, with the application of pneumoperitoneum by inflating carbon dioxide. The rise in abdominal pressure following pneumoperitoneum and the head down body position have been shown to impair the respiratory function during the procedure, mainly inducing atelectasis formation in the dependent lung regions, worsening stress and strain of the alveolar structure. The application of a ventilator strategy providing positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) has been shown to reduce the diaphragm cranial shift, increasing functional residual capacity and decreasing respiratory system elastance. Furthermore, the application of recruiting maneuver followed by the subsequent application of PEEP improved oxygenation. These results are in accordance with finding by Talmor et al, evaluating the effect of a mechanical ventilation guided by esophageal pressure in acute lung injury patients. However a comparison between an esophageal pressure piloted mechanical ventilation and a conventional low tidal ventilator strategy with adjunct of PEEP and recruitment maneuvers according to clinical judgment has never been investigated in patients undergoing robotic gynecologic, abdominal or urologic surgery. The investigators aim to compare the conventional ventilation strategy (i.e. with application of PEEP and recruitment manoeuvre) with a ventilation driven by transpulmonary pressure assessed through an esophageal catheter, in patients undergoing to robotic surgery, with respect to oxygenation, expressed in terms of arterial oxygen tension - inspired oxygen fraction ratio (PaO2/FiO2) (primary endpoint), intraoperative respiratory mechanics indexes, number of lung recruitment maneuvers, rate and type of perioperative complications until hospital discharge (additional endpoint).
BACKGROUND. Postoperative pulmonary complications are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery. To this date, there are no recommendations regarding mechanical ventilation associated with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during the surgery and anesthesiologists perform either no ventilation (noV) at all during CPB or maintain a low-tidal volume ventilation (LTV). Indirect evidence points towards better pulmonary outcomes when LTV is performed but no proper prospective trial with large inclusion of all types of cardiac surgery has been published. DESIGN. The MECANO trial is a single-center, double-blind, randomized controlled trial comparing two mechanical ventilation strategies, noV and LTV, during cardiac surgery with CPB. 1500 patients will be included for whom planned cardiac surgery with CPB is performed. They will be randomized between noV and LTV, on a 1:1 ratio. The noV group will receive no ventilation during CPB. The LTV group will receive 5 acts/minute with a tidal volume of 3 mL/kg and positive end-expiratory pressure of 5 cmH2O. Primary endpoint will be composite of overall death, early respiratory failure defined as PaO2/FiO2 ratio <200 mmHg at one-hour after arrival in the ICU, heavy oxygenation support (defined as a patient requiring either non-invasive ventilation, mechanical ventilation or high flow oxygen) at 2 days after arrival in the ICU or ventilator acquired pneumoniae defined by Center of Disease Control. Lung recruitment manoeuvers will be performed for noV and LTV groups, at the end of surgery and at the arrival in ICU with an insufflation at +30 cmH20 during 5 seconds. Secondary endpoints are those composing the primary endpoint with the addition of pneumothorax, CPB duration, quantity of postoperative bleeding, red blood cells transfusions, revision surgery requirements, length of stay in the ICU and in the hospital and total hospitalization costs. Patients will be followed until hospital discharge. SUMMARY. The MECANO trial compares a no-ventilation to a low-tidal volume strategy for mechanical ventilation during cardiac surgery with CPB, regarding a primary composite outcome including death, respiratory failure and pneumoniae.
The primary purpose of this study is to determine if there is a significant difference in regional distribution of ventilation when comparing eupneic tidal ventilation with Incentive Spirometry (I.S.) and EzPAP® lung expansion therapy in healthy adult human subjects. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) will be used to measure regional distribution of ventilation during resting tidal ventilation and during lung expansion therapy.