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Heterogeneity of Ventilation/Perfusion Mismatch at Different Levels of PEEP and in Mechanical Phenotypes of COVID-19 ARDS
- Source :
- Respiratory care.
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- COVID-19-related ARDS is characterized by severe hypoxemia with initially preserved lung compliance and impaired ventilation/perfusion (V̇/Q̇) matching. PEEP can increase end-expiratory lung volume, but its effect on V̇/Q̇ mismatch in COVID-19-related ARDS is not clear.We enrolled intubated and mechanically ventilated subjects with COVID-19 ARDS and used the automatic lung parameter estimator (ALPE) to measure V̇/Q̇. Respiratory mechanics measurements, shunt, and V̇/Q̇ mismatch (low V̇/Q̇ and high V̇/Q̇) were collected at 3 PEEP levels (clinical PEEP = intermediate PEEP, low PEEP [clinical - 50%], and high PEEP [clinical + 50%]). A mixed-effect model was used to evaluate the impact of PEEP on V̇/Q̇. We also investigated if PEEP might have a different effect on V̇/Q̇ mismatch in 2 different respiratory mechanics phenotypes, that is, high elastance/low compliance (phenotype H) and low elastance/high compliance (phenotype L).Seventeen subjects with COVID-related ARDS age 66 [60-71] y with a PIn subjects with COVID-related ARDS placed on invasive mechanical ventilation for48 h, PEEP had a heterogeneous effect on V̇/Q̇ mismatch and, on average, higher levels were not able to reduce shunt. The subject's compliance could influence the effect of PEEP on V̇/Q̇ mismatch since an increased shunt was observed in subjects with lower compliance, whereas the opposite occurred in those with higher compliance.
Details
- ISSN :
- 19433654
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Respiratory care
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........4cea285b13396e6ee244f8411e055842