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Filter by:In patients who are mechanically ventilated for more than 72 hours weaning failure is a common issue. The Spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) is often done to assess if the patient can be extubated with a high chance of success. However, re-intubation rates are between 15 - 20 % after a successful SBT. The rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI) is an important parameter used in an SBT. Because the high incidence of extubation failure (re-intubation within 48 hours) a search for a better parameter than the RSBI is warranted. Using the measured end-tidal oxygen (etO2) of mechanically ventilated patients it is possible to calculate the VO2, which is a measure of patient effort. The VO2 is a parameter with the potential to predict weaning success or failure, together with other parameters of patient effort like the work of breathing (WOB), pressure time product (PTP) and esophageal pressure swings, reflecting muscle strength of the diaphragm. Therefore, the investigators want to investigate if these parameters are associated with an SBT success or failure.
More than 300,00 people in the United States experience acute respiratory failure and require mechanical ventilation every year. Of those that recover and are extubated, the most common reason for reintubation is recurrent respiratory failure. Our study proposes a novel methodology for identifying those patients most at risk for recurrent respiratory failure.
Mechanical ventilation is essential in the management of patients in Intensive Care. The approach to patients with prolonged weaning is challenging.In this context, it is vital to implement "diaphragmatic protection" strategies, which consist of programming the level of ventilator assistance focused on sustaining the muscular effort within an objective range. The reference method for measuring inspiratory effort is the Pressure-Time Product (PTP) of the esophagus. Recently, Bertoni et al. proposed the measurement of Occlusion Pressure as a non-invasive method, without the need to assess esophageal pressure, to estimate the magnitude of the effort and program assistance. Although it is a validated measurement for quantifying effort, it does not consider the duration of the effort performed by the patient, as well as the respiratory rate, two fundamental variables in terms of tolerance to the load. Therefore, the investigators propose the following study that will seek to validate the measurement of PTP in from the Occlusion Pressure, but considering inspiratory time and respiratory rate to obtain PTP per breath and per minute.
the introduction of new MV modalities has shown promising results in reducing the incidence of weaning failure, mainly due to a more physiologic approach which allows respiratory muscle preservation. Among them, the Neurally Adjust Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) seemed to be associated with lower incidence of weaning failure and subsequent duration of mechanical ventilation, compared to standard modalities like the Pressure Support Ventilation (PSV) . Moreover, NAVA allows the evaluation of the diaphragm electrical activity (EAdi), an index of diaphragmatic neural respiratory drive. However, no study has compared TFic values during PSV and NAVA modalities in patients with difficult weaning from MV admitted in ICU.
The use of mechanical ventilation in intensive care concerns the majority of patients, most often to compensate for respiratory failure, but for other organic failures requiring therapeutic artificial coma. During the sedation phase, many elements of management can modify the patient's clinical parameters. Indeed, mechanical ventilation with a positive expiratory pressure mainly modifies the venous return by decreasing it, and therefore many modifications of the hemodynamic parameters result from it. In addition, other elements of management, such as iterative fillings, vasopressor and inotropic amines, as well as sedative drugs not only modify the hemodynamics, but also the ventilatory mechanics. Extubate a patient in intensive care is always complex, because the assessment must be multifactorial and this is not without risk for the patient. Many complications can arise if it ends in failure. They can be linked to mechanical causes (laryngeal oedema, tracheal stenosis, pneumothorax...) but also to non-mechanical causes, such as inappropriate sedation, overload, neuromuscular deficit. Extubation is primarily based on the patient's level of consciousness, as well as the successful progress of the patient during a ventilatory weaning trial, carried out after a return to spontaneous ventilation with inspiratory support. This ventilatory weaning test precedes extubation and is performed for any patient intubated for more than 48 hours. Since the 1950s, ultrasounds have become more and more important in the field of medical diagnosis and therapeutic decision support, even more recently in the world of intensive care. The contribution of echocardiography in a patient in the process of extubation has already been evaluated and has proven to be a valuable aid. For nearly 20 years, the use of pulmonary ultrasound has emerged and allows rapid diagnosis at the patient's bedside of mechanical anomalies such as gaseous or liquid effusion, an anomaly in the compliance of the pulmonary parenchyma, possibly in link with diaphragmatic dysfunction or even signs in favor of a picture of pulmonary overload, thanks to ultrasound artefacts such as B lines or even alveolar derecruitment by atelectasis. The role of pulmonary ultrasound in helping to decide on extubation remains poorly established, we propose an observational study evaluating the predictive value of chest ultrasound in pre-extubation with the aim of determining if ultrasound signs are able to predict a potential failure of this extubation. Indeed, the risks of extubation failure being much higher than those of ventilatory weaning failure, it seems necessary to focus our research on this component. This study must include patients in spontaneous mechanical invasive ventilation with pressure support, presenting the criteria for a ventilatory weaning test in view of a potential extubation.
Background: It is largely undocumented how long it takes to wean from invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) with tracheostomy and to what extend these patients suffer from dyspnea or discomfort and how often sputum retention occurs requiring burdensome endotracheal suctioning. In patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation via endotracheal tube, dyspnea is prevalent and associated with poorer quality of life and more symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Objectives: The present study aims to assess the duration of the weaning period, and the prevalence and severity of dyspnea and discomfort in patients with tracheostomy-facilitated weaning. Study design: Prospective observational multicenter cohort study. Study population: Tracheostomized critically ill patients weaning from IMV. Main study parameters/endpoints: Prevalence and severity of dyspnea and discomfort during weaning, duration of weaning with tracheostomy, frequency of endotracheal suctioning, time with tracheostomy, clinical outcomes, and mortality rates. Long term outcomes are the prevalence quality of life, PTSD, anxiety and fear.
The goal of this randomized active-controlled study is to investigate the role of high velocity nasal insufflation (HVNI) in the immediate post-extubation period and compare it with non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) as regards to weaning success rate. The study will recruit those who have been on invasive mechanical ventilation for at least 3 days and with a high risk of weaning failure.
The goal of this physiological cross-over clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of different clinically used weaning trials on regional mechanical ventilation in a population of patients undergoing weaning from mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure. The main question[s] it aims to answer are: - to evaluate which weaning trial is associated to a better regional ventilation distribution - to evaluate which weaning trial can be comparable to ventilation distribution after extubation Participants will undergo 3 clinically used weaning trials in a random order (cross-over trial). Researchers will compare the different steps to see if regional ventilation distribution is different among the different trial .
The Value of Repeated BIOMarker Measurements During an SBT to Predict EXtubation Failure in Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients
The reason of failure of weaning from mechanical ventilation is that their respiratory loads exceeding the capacity of their respiratory muscles. The electric activity of diaphragm (EADI) allows quantification of the neural respiratory drive to the diaphragm. The aim of this study is to evaluate diaphragmatic ultrasound related parameters and electric activity of diaphragm (EADI) during SBT and postural changes to predict weaning outcome.