Effect PEEP on Diaphragm

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates the effect of positive end-expiratory pressure on the position, length and function of the diaphragm. During the first part of the study, physiological measurements of the diaphragm will be performed while participants receive non-invasive ventilation at different PEEP levels. During the second part of the study, MRI measurements of the diaphragm will be performed during a change in PEEP level.

Clinical Trial Description

In almost all mechanically ventilated patients, positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is used. Its function is to prevent alveolar collapse and to maintain oxygenation. However, it has recently been found that PEEP may contribute to diaphragm weakness, which is an important problem in the intensive care unit (ICU). This study showed that mechanical ventilation with PEEP resulted in a caudal displacement of the diaphragm, since PEEP increases the end-expiratory volume. Furthermore, their study in rats showed that this displacement resulted in a reduced fiber length and sarcomere length on the short term.

After rats were ventilated with PEEP for 18 hours, it was found that adaptation of the diaphragm occurred; i.e. the number of sarcomeres were decreased. It is hypothesized that this adaptation may also occur in mechanically ventilated patients. This could lead to problems in weaning a patient off the ventilator, as PEEP is abruptly removed during a spontaneous breathing trial (SBT). This leads to a reduction in end-expiratory volume which would mean that the newly-adapted diaphragm fibers are being stretched. These stretched muscle fibers are not working at their optimal length of the force-length relation, thereby contributing to diaphragm weakness. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Diaphragm Disease

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03539640
Study type	Interventional
Source	VU University Medical Center
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	April 13, 2018
Completion date	May 1, 2019

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