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Early prediction of successful weaning during pressure support ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. 1992

G Conti, and R De Blasi, and P Pelaia, and S Benito, and M Rocco, and M Antonelli, and M Bufi, and C Mattia, and A Gasparetto
Instituto di Anestesia e Rianimazione (ICU), Università degli Studi, La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine variables for early prediction of successful weaning in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients during pressure support ventilation weaning. METHODS Thirteen COPD patients were prospectively studied to compare the respiratory pattern (inspiratory time, expiratory time, total breath cycle duration, tidal volume, respiratory rate, minute ventilation), the respiratory drive (airway occlusion pressure at 0.1 sec, tidal volume/inspiratory time), and blood gases after 30 mins of pressure support weaning. METHODS The study was performed in the 20-bed General Critical Care Unit of the Rome "La Sapienza" University Hospital. METHODS We evaluated 13 consecutive COPD patients fulfilling the standard weaning criteria (including clinical status, blood gases, forced vital capacity, maximum inspiratory pressure, and spontaneous respiratory rate after a 30-min T-piece trial) in which we compared respiratory pattern, respiratory drive, and blood gases after 30 mins of pressure support weaning. RESULTS After 30 mins of pressure support ventilation weaning (pressure support level 20 cm H2O), we measured respiratory pattern (airway pressure and airflow tracing), airway occlusion pressure at 0.1 sec (occluding the inspiratory line during expiration with a rubber balloon), tidal volume/inspiratory time, maximal inspiratory pressure, and blood gases. According to the result of the weaning trial, the patients were divided into two groups (not weaned and weaned), and the statistical difference between the evaluated variables was analyzed in weaned and not weaned groups. We did not observe a significant difference in breathing pattern data and arterial blood gases between weaned and not weaned patients. By contrast, airway occlusion pressure at 0.1 sec and maximum inspiratory pressure measured after 30 mins of weaning trial appeared significantly (p less than .001) different in patients in whom the weaning trial succeeded or failed. Considering maximum inspiratory pressure, we could not separate weaned from not weaned patients, while all patients showing values of airway occlusion pressure at 0.1 sec less than 4.5 cm H2O were easily weaned. CONCLUSIONS This study confirms that conventional weaning criteria are often inadequate in predicting successful weaning of COPD patients, while airway occlusion pressure at 0.1 sec during the first phase of pressure support ventilation weaning can represent a good weaning predictor.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008173 Lung Diseases, Obstructive Any disorder marked by obstruction of conducting airways of the lung. AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION may be acute, chronic, intermittent, or persistent. Obstructive Lung Diseases,Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases,Lung Disease, Obstructive,Obstructive Lung Disease,Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,Pulmonary Disease, Obstructive,Pulmonary Diseases, Obstructive
D008176 Lung Volume Measurements Measurement of the amount of air that the lungs may contain at various points in the respiratory cycle. Lung Capacities,Lung Volumes,Capacity, Lung,Lung Capacity,Lung Volume,Lung Volume Measurement,Measurement, Lung Volume,Volume, Lung
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011237 Predictive Value of Tests In screening and diagnostic tests, the probability that a person with a positive test is a true positive (i.e., has the disease), is referred to as the predictive value of a positive test; whereas, the predictive value of a negative test is the probability that the person with a negative test does not have the disease. Predictive value is related to the sensitivity and specificity of the test. Negative Predictive Value,Positive Predictive Value,Predictive Value Of Test,Predictive Values Of Tests,Negative Predictive Values,Positive Predictive Values,Predictive Value, Negative,Predictive Value, Positive
D012121 Respiration, Artificial Any method of artificial breathing that employs mechanical or non-mechanical means to force the air into and out of the lungs. Artificial respiration or ventilation is used in individuals who have stopped breathing or have RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY to increase their intake of oxygen (O2) and excretion of carbon dioxide (CO2). Ventilation, Mechanical,Mechanical Ventilation,Artificial Respiration,Artificial Respirations,Mechanical Ventilations,Respirations, Artificial,Ventilations, Mechanical
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D015300 Ventilator Weaning Techniques for effecting the transition of the respiratory-failure patient from mechanical ventilation to spontaneous ventilation, while meeting the criteria that tidal volume be above a given threshold (greater than 5 ml/kg), respiratory frequency be below a given count (less than 30 breaths/min), and oxygen partial pressure be above a given threshold (PaO2 greater than 50mm Hg). Weaning studies focus on finding methods to monitor and predict the outcome of mechanical ventilator weaning as well as finding ventilatory support techniques which will facilitate successful weaning. Present methods include intermittent mandatory ventilation, intermittent positive pressure ventilation, and mandatory minute volume ventilation. Mechanical Ventilator Weaning,Respirator Weaning,Ventilator Weaning, Mechanical,Weaning, Mechanical Ventilator,Weaning, Respirator,Weaning, Ventilator

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