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OBJECTIVES: Auto-inhalation of nitric oxide (NO) produced in the upper airways may have physiologic effects on lung function. For intubated patients, the upper airway source of NO is eliminated, but the hospital compressed air source from the environment is contaminated with varying levels of NO, creating an "occult" form of NO therapy. We examined the physiologic significance of occult inhaled NO in ventilator-dependent pediatric patients. We hypothesized that very low levels of NO contamination in inspired gas improve PaO2 in ventilator-dependent children. STUDY DESIGN: Inspired NO levels at the mouth were measured by chemiluminescence in 4 pediatric subjects with normal lungs and 3 with parenchymal lung disease. Subjects were sequentially ventilated with first standard hospital gas (H1), switched to pure nitrogen-oxygen at a similar FIO2 but with no NO contamination (A2), hospital gas again (H2), the nitrogen-oxygen (A2) to control for time and sequence, and finally the nitrogen-oxygen mixture with supplemental NO in an amount equal to the NO previously measured in hospital gas (A2 + NO). Inhaled NO levels and PaO2 were recorded 15 minutes into each of the 5 steps. Two patients were studied a second time, remote from their first examination. RESULTS: NO levels in inhaled hospital gas mixtures ranged from 13 to 79 ppb (mean H1 = 53.3 +/- 23.7 ppb, mean H2 = 53.2 +/- 20.7 ppb, mean A2 + NO = 45 +/- 15.3 ppb; P < .0001). Removing NO from ventilator gas decreased PaO2 in all subjects, whereas replacing NO in artificial gas restored PaO2 to baseline values (P < .0001). CONCLUSION: Concentrations of NO in hospital compressed air are variable and have physiologic effects. The long-term implications of these findings remain to be defined.
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Óxido Nítrico/administração & dosagem , Oxigênio/sangue , Respiração Artificial , Insuficiência Respiratória/terapia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Troca Gasosa Pulmonar/efeitos dos fármacos , Troca Gasosa Pulmonar/fisiologia , Insuficiência Respiratória/sangue , Insuficiência Respiratória/etiologia , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Artificial ventilation using intermittent positive airway pressure is the mainstay support of patients in respiratory failure. By maintaining alveolar ventilation and alveolar stability, positive airway pressure can sustain respiratory gas exchange between the lungs and circulation, thereby supporting pulmonary homeostasis in patients who would otherwise be unable to maintain oxygen transfer and CO2 elimination. However, positive-pressure ventilation (PPV) also results in complex cardiovascular interactions. More often than not, these interactions impede blood flow through ventilated lungs and reduce global cardiac output. Although arterial oxygen content is adequately sustained because oxygen delivery is equal to the product of arterial oxygen content and cardiac output, global oxygen delivery may be reduced by PPV because of a decrease in cardiac output. Because a primary function of the cardiovascular-respiratory system is to deliver sufficient amounts of oxygen to meet systemic metabolic demands, measurement of arterial blood gases alone in monitoring ventilatory support is inadequate in assessing the cardiopulmonary effects of PPV. Clear understanding of cardiopulmonary interactions associated with mechanical ventilation is required in the rational management of critically ill ventilator-dependent patients. The hemodynamic effects of mechanical ventilation are complex and cannot be explained in terms of the interactions of single hemodynamic processes and cardiac function. However, when considered in this manner, such interactions can be understood more easily. In most patients it is usually clear which process is dominant, permitting adjustments in overall therapy in order to optimize care. This review identifies these interactions and demonstrates which are dominant in specific clinical scenarios.
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Coração/fisiopatologia , Pulmão/fisiopatologia , Respiração com Pressão Positiva , Animais , Humanos , Pressão , Tórax/fisiopatologia , Desmame do RespiradorRESUMO
Sixty-nine patients undergoing liver transplantation were evaluated to elucidate the relationship between hypotension and physiological changes seen on reperfusion of the grafted liver. Measured variables included hemodynamic profiles, core temperature, serum potassium, ionized calcium levels, arterial blood-gas tensions, and acid-base state. Measurements were taken 60 minutes after skin incision (baseline), 5 minutes before reperfusion, and 30 seconds and 5 minutes after reperfusion. On the basis of changes in mean arterial pressure (MAP) patients were divided in two groups. Group 1 (n = 49) maintained MAP greater than 70% and group 2 (n = 20) had MAP less than 70% of the baseline value for at least 1 minute within 5 minutes after reperfusion. On reperfusion, changes common to both groups were 27% increase in cardiac filling pressures, 23% base deficit, and 30% serum potassium level and a decrease of 16% in cardiac output and 9% in temperature. Compared with group 1, group 2 had greater decrease in systemic vascular resistance (SVR) (1097 +/- 868 and 741 +/- 399 dyn.s-1. cm-5, respectively, P < .05) and higher potassium level (4.5 +/- 0.8 and 5.3 +/- 0.8 mmol/L, P < .05). Collectively in both groups, there was no correlation between MAP and physiological variables; however, there was a poor correlation with SVR (r = .32, P < .01). Reperfusion hypotension seen in group 2 patients correlated only with a decrease in systemic vascular resistance (r = .5, P < .05). Acute hyperkalemia, hypothermia, and acidosis do not appear to be major causes of reperfusion hypotension.
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Hipotensão/fisiopatologia , Transplante de Fígado , Traumatismo por Reperfusão/fisiopatologia , Adulto , Idoso , Gasometria , Temperatura Corporal , Débito Cardíaco , Técnica de Diluição de Corante , Eletrólitos/sangue , Hemodinâmica , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
Echocardiographic automated border detection (ABD) is a new on-line technique that can determine the interface between blood and myocardial tissue and calculate left ventricular (LV) cavity area in real time. The objective of this study was to determine whether ABD measurements of the LV cavity area could be used to estimate LV stroke volume at basal conditions and during large changes in LV stroke volume induced by inferior vena caval occlusions in an open-chest canine model. Seven dogs had LV stroke volume measured by electromagnetic flow from the ascending aorta with epicardial recordings of ABD echocardiographic area at the midventricular short-axis level. Simultaneous beats of stroke volume were recorded along with ABD echo area during baseline apnea and during IVC occlusions. Neither ABD echo stroke area nor stroke volume varied significantly during apnea baseline. Changes in stroke area were closely correlated with changes in stroke volume for 540 matched beats from 24 IVC occlusions: R = 0.93, standard error of the estimate = 5%, y = 0.92x + 0.4 (p < 0.001). Echocardiographic ABD appears to be a promising new on-line method of determining rapid alterations in LV stroke volume; it also has potential applications to multiple investigational and clinical settings.
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Ecocardiografia/métodos , Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador , Volume Sistólico , Animais , Constrição , Cães , Ventrículos do Coração/anatomia & histologia , Ventrículos do Coração/diagnóstico por imagem , Volume Sistólico/fisiologia , Veia Cava InferiorRESUMO
Systolic ventricular interdependence, whereby changes in left ventricular (LV) ejection alter right ventricular (RV) ejection, has been described. It is unclear, however, whether this interaction is influenced by pericardial volume constraint or by myocardial mechanical coupling. We hypothesized that if mechanical coupling were the primary factor determining systolic ventricular interdependence then it should be unaltered by the presence or absence of an intact pericardium, but affected by changes in LV end-systolic volume. We tested this hypothesis by observing the changes in RV stroke volume (SVrv) and peak systolic pressure (PSPrv) during a single LV isovolumic contraction under conditions of normal or increased (1.3 x normal) RV end-diastolic volume with and without an intact pericardium. In 10 anesthetized, open-chested dogs SVrv was derived from the integrated pulmonary arterial flow probe signal and RV ejection fraction (EFrv) was derived from the thermodilution plateau method and a rapidly responsive thermistor in the pulmonary artery. Right ventricular end-diastolic volume was considered to be the ratio of SVrv to EFrv. Left ventricular isovolumic contraction increased SVrv and PSPrv during all conditions (P < .01). However, PSPrv increased more when the pericardium was intact (P < .05). These data suggest that LV ejection can enhance SVrv and that this interaction is not appreciably altered by volume loading or the presence of an intact pericardium. Pericardial interactions may alter PSPrv but do not affect SVrv.
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Pericárdio/fisiologia , Volume Sistólico , Sístole , Função Ventricular Esquerda , Animais , Diástole , Cães , Masculino , Contração Miocárdica , Artéria Pulmonar/fisiologia , Termodiluição , Função Ventricular DireitaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether patients ventilated in the assist-control mode experienced a change in oxygenation, respiratory rate, inspiratory:expiratory ratio, heart rate, blood pressure or acid-base balance when suctioned with a closed tracheal suction system. DESIGN: A quasi-experimental, within-subject, repeated-measures design was used. SUBJECTS: 18 patients ventilated on a fraction of inspired oxygen of 0.47 +/- 0.17 and 2.3 +/- 5.0 cm H2O positive end-expiratory pressure. INTERVENTIONS: Two suction passes were performed, with measurements at baseline, immediately after the first suction pass, immediately before the second suction pass, immediately after the second suction pass, 2 minutes after the second suction pass and 5 minutes after the second suction pass. No hyperoxygenation was used. RESULTS: Significant differences were seen over time for arterial oxygen saturation, respiratory rate and inspiratory:expiratory ratio. Arterial oxygen saturation decreased to less than 90% in four subjects (range 88% to 89%), with a maximum fall of 9%. No significant differences were seen for heart rate, blood pressure, partial pressure of carbon dioxide, bicarbonate, time to nadir (lowest arterial oxygen saturation) or recovery time. CONCLUSIONS: Subjects ventilated in the assist-control mode and suctioned with a closed tracheal suction system did not experience significant changes in cardiovascular or acid-base parameters when suctioned without hyperoxygenation. Although most subjects did not become desaturated, four subjects experienced desaturation at one or more intervals. To prevent desaturation, hyperoxygenation should be used before and after suctioning with a closed tracheal suction system.
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Hemodinâmica , Hipóxia/etiologia , Oxigenoterapia/métodos , Respiração Artificial , Respiração , Sucção/efeitos adversos , Idoso , Gasometria , Feminino , Humanos , Hipóxia/sangue , Hipóxia/fisiopatologia , Hipóxia/prevenção & controle , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Análise Multivariada , Respiração Artificial/métodos , Sucção/instrumentação , Sucção/métodos , TraqueiaRESUMO
Assessment of the adequacy of systemic O2 delivery (DO2) is central in the evaluation of critically ill patients, but estimates of systemic DO2 do not assess the effectiveness of regional DO2 to all vascular beds whose functions may require different degrees of blood flow depending on their metabolic and functional demands. The oxygen supply-consumption curve includes a supply-independent portion, which represents the reserve capacity of the body to maintain oxygen consumption (VO2) despite inadequate increases in DO2, and a supply-dependent portion, which represents the physiologic adaptation that occurs once DO2 is unable to meet the metabolic demands of the body. Experiments in dogs revealed that when systemic DO2 was progressively reduced, blood flow was maintained in the vital organs (heart and brain) and redistributed away from the kidneys and liver, enhancing the ability of the whole organism to use oxygen efficiently. Disease states and iatrogenic conditions that alter this vasoregulatory process may directly impair organ system function.